Shaman ( Chamane )

Shaman (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Chamane
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Production Notes
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Russia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Bartabas

Written By:
Bartabas
Jean-Louis Gouraud

Actors:
Spartak Fedotov ..... Anatoly, the shaman
Igor Gotsman ..... Dimitri, the violinist

Synopsis:

Gorgeously shot in the wide-open Siberian wilderness this outdoor adventure chronicles the dramatic escape of a big-city bred violinist from a Siberian labor camp. Underlying the action is the tale of a man who learns to become one with his environment rather than trying to dominate it. The story begins as enigmatic, Asian tribesman Toli comforts the starved violinist Dimitri that they will be escaping soon. They get their chance when a beautiful herd of Yakut horses begin grazing placidly near where the two are toiling. Sneaking away from the others, they grab tow hand steeds and race off. Unfortunately, Toli is mortally wounded. Just before he dies, he tells Dimitri that he is a powerful shaman and then hands the fiddler a protective amulet. In this way, Toli becomes Dimitri's guardian spirit. The city youth will need all the help he can get as he and his horse must traverse the unforgiving wilds and keep away from guards, alone. At times, he encounters others and in these moments the lines between the real and surreal become most unclear.

Story of the escape from a Siberian labour camp by two men, a shaman and a city-bred violinist. Shot during their escape on horseback, the shaman bequeaths his sacred amulets to the younger man, who learns to survive in the wilderness by adopting his dead friend's animistic beliefs.

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