FFGR
CELESTIAL WIVES OF THE MEADOW MARI
2012 106 ProRes Color
i There are no scheduled screenings.
Film description
The Mari are a Russian ethnic group of Finnish-Hungarian origin, who live on the shores of the Volga in western Russia and continue to keep alive the pagan customs of their ancestors. The film is made up of twenty-nine vignettes focusing on the sex life of a group of Mari women and recreating a distinctive world of magical realism, in which female fertility, beauty and happiness are the driving forces, and where a woman’s life is prescribed by folkloric beliefs – from the smell that will confirm that her husband is being unfaithful, to the phallic-shaped mushroom that will help her choose the ideal husband.
Awards:
FIPRESCI Prize, Federal Foreign Office’s Award – GoEast Festival 2013, Germany
Best Cinematography, Gorin Prize for Best Script – Kinotavr FF 2013, Russia
Grand Prix – New Horizons IFF 2013, Poland
i There are no scheduled screenings.
