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Director - Country
Poland
Franczak Radka
Losing Sonia
„Losing Sonia“ shows how a seemingly rigid monastery can be a place full of life, beauty and artistic expression. Sonia, a young nun, paints icons at night and then sleeps until noon. She has a dog, cats, exotic birds, and a body that rebelled against the strict rigour of the monks. Trying to understand her and the meaning of her life choices, we come to Sonia’s family, marked with the history of Russia. At the same time, the film is a journey inside the Orthodox church, showing that the deep spirituality of the nation is being reborn. „Losing Sonia“ tells the story of an unusual woman who, within the walls of the monastery, is trying to rebuild the values, that Russian society has lost under successive political regimes.
Stiepan
Interview with 75-years-old Rosjanin recorded on the occasion of encounter by the cashier on the Terespol railway station.
„Losing Sonia“ shows how a seemingly rigid monastery can be a place full of life, beauty and artistic expression. Sonia, a young nun, paints icons at night and then sleeps until noon. She has a dog, cats, exotic birds, and a body that rebelled against the strict rigour of the monks. Trying to understand her and the meaning of her life choices, we come to Sonia’s family, marked with the history of Russia. At the same time, the film is a journey inside the Orthodox church, showing that the deep spirituality of the nation is being reborn. „Losing Sonia“ tells the story of an unusual woman who, within the walls of the monastery, is trying to rebuild the values, that Russian society has lost under successive political regimes.
Stiepan
Interview with 75-years-old Rosjanin recorded on the occasion of encounter by the cashier on the Terespol railway station.
Radka Franczak is a director, scriptwriter, film editor and photographer, who graduated from Film Editing and New Media Department at Polish National Film School in Łódź and Dok Pro-Documentary Programme at Wajda School, Warsaw.She took a part in international workshops such as: Dragon Forum, Laboratory, Mobile Academy, Berlinale Talent Campus, Ex Oriente Film, EAVE. She has directed two documentaries. Short documentary "Stiepan" that was screened at foreign festivals. 50 minuters long documentary "Losing Sonia" is her second film.
2006 Stiepan2012 Losing Sonia