The Russian film Journey to the Mother by director Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov will be screened at Herðubreið Community Center. The film features Maxim that travels to France to visit his mother, who has been living in Provence for a long time. Three tragic days rock the world of the hero and his half – sister, Frenchwoman Marie Louise. The film has won multiple awards on several International Film Festivals.
The screening is hosted by the Russian Embassy and is a part of Russian Cinema Week in Bíó Paradís, in Reykjavík, and various locations around Iceland. This is the fourth time the festival is held and is organized by the Production Center Norfest, Northern Traveling film Festival and Russian Embassy in the Republic of Iceland with financial support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in the Year of Russian Cinema in Russia 2016
Free admission.
Director: Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov
Year: 2014
Time: 95 mín
Language: French and Russian with English subtitles
Actor: Artyom Alekseev