"OBCINA" Part 1 of the "Ruthenian Trilogy": The most spectacular mountain village of Maramures
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Published 2012-12-17
80 min, HDV
Only the family of the cooper Stefan Cut houlds out on the mountain as they do so for many years now. During this time they try to defend themselves and their animals against invading wolves in order to survive with the few provisions they cultivated and harvested during the year.
So far they always succeeded, but now a momentous accident threatens their existence.Stefan had frozen his fingers while ascending from the village. Now he is very frightened to undergo the painful amputation. But the family needs his important manpopwer to survive. The hard facts convince him in the end to dare undertake the necessary steps. So the viewer stays in feverish excitement with Stefan for the success of this surgical operation and apprehends with joy, that he can work again on the mountain. Nevertheless the family wants to leave the mountain during wintertime. But like every year nobody believes them. In this moving events further inhabitants of the mountain village are intermingled and set filmic charmingly in scene. There is the devils fiddler Ivan, the philosopher Vasile and families with many children. They make for summery turbulences on the mountain. But will the Cuts now, as the last family , leave the mountain in winter?
PRIZES & FESTIVALS
"SPECIAL JURY PRIZE "Astra-Filmfestival Sibiu" Sibiu/Romania, 2007
"LIDF- London International Documentar Film Festival" London/England, 2008
"GRAND PRIX" & "AWARD POLISH FEDERATION OF FILM CLUBS" Lublin/Poland, 2008
"Days of Ethnographic Film" Ljubljana/Slovenia 2008
"Beeld voor Beeld" Amsterdam/Holland 2008
"LESSINIA SILVER" Filmfestival della Lessinia, Bosco Chiesanouva/Italy, 2008
"20.Internationales Mountainfilmfestival Graz" Austria 2008
"PRIX NATIONAL GEOGRAFIC" 25.Festival International du Film de Montagne d'Autrans, France 2008
"XVII International Festival of Ethnological Film Belgrad", Serbia 2008
Dokumentarfilmfestival Bogota, Columbia 2009
"GROSSER PREIS" Internationales Mountainfilm Festival Tegernsee, Germany 2009
Cervino CineMountain Festival, Italy 2010
"PRIX VIE DE MONTAGNE 2010"
All Comments (8)
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Tarw frumos a fost acolo și eram fericit
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Rutenii sunt foarte muncitori,credinciosi si cinstititi, dar duc o viata grea.
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Obcina is actually a hamlet. The village is called Poienile de sub Munte! For those interested, Poienile de sub munte is a village located in Maramures County, Romania.
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Decacolo vin si eu , asa am carat fanul si lemne numai uarna
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Obcina belongs to Poinile de sub Munte. No more and no less. Distance about 1,5 ours walking, if you are young...
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Hallo Björn Reinhardt beraten Sie, um den Titel des Videos Vidio ändern folgendermaßen: ,,Obcina din Poienile de sub Munte oameni & civilizatie 2012 (Obcina von Mountain Meadows unter Menschen & Kultur 2012 )
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They are speaking Romanian, not Ruthenian!
