MEISTERSINGER – THE SOUND OF RUSSIA
Ekaterina Eremenko, D/GUS 2003, 59’, documentary
Once a year, they meet up in Moscow for a national singing competition organised by the Society of Amateur Canary Bird Singing. And it’s an exclusively male preserve. As the ornithophile men train their feathered friends for the big event, their wives are left to do all the housework. THE SOUND OF RUSSIA is the portrait of creature passions, an affectionate film exploring an exceptional bond between men and birds, a humorous study of the roles of the sexes in Russian society.
