When Roman the husband gets up around 10:30 in the morning, his wife has
already been working for half a day. Her strenuous job is necessary to
provide for their two school-age children.
Roman is a psychologist, but
does not seem to do much, and he is useless at housekeeping. He has far
more important things on his mind: his birds.
THE SOUND OF RUSSIA is a
light-hearted portrait of a group of passionate bird lovers in Russia.
It’s a mixed bunch, coming from all strata of society and corners of the
country. They have found each other as members of the Society of
Amateur Canary Bird Singing. With the patience of saints, they train
their caged darlings for the national canary bird singing contest, an
annual event where the yellow birds are supposed to render their very
best songs within the constraints of a fifteen minute time-limit.
The
men’s wives are not very appreciative of all the fuss over these birds
and their singing.
Indeed, some of them are terribly annoyed by the
incessant twittering around the house and the ever-growing number of
cages and birds. But this is only logical, since the singing of canaries
is purely a man’s affair. After all, female birds cannot sing a tweet.
- Country of Production
- Germany
- Year of Production
- 2003
- Format
- Digi Beta Pal, Beta SP Pal
- Length
- 59 min
- Director
ma.ja.de. filmproduktion in co-production with ZDF in association with ARTE and YLE TEEMA
Original Language
Russian, Ukrainian, English
Subtitles
English