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In the middle of the Siberian taiga, 450 miles from the nearest village, live two families : the Braguines and the Kilines. Not a single road leads there. A long trip on the Ienissei River, first by boat, then by helicopter, is the only way to reach Braguino. Self-sufficient, both families live there according to their own rules and principles. In the middle of the village: a barrier. The two families refuse to speak. In the river sits an island, where another community is being built : that of the children. Free, unpredictable, wild. Stemming from the fear of the other, that of wild beasts, and the joy procured by the immensity of the forest, unravels a cruel tale in which tensions and fear give shape to the geography of an ancestral conflict.
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The longest 49 minutes of your life
Not quite long enough to be a feature and perhaps too long to be a 'short', Clement Cogitore's film "Braguino" is more an ethnographic essay than a documentary. He filmed it in the wilderness of Eastern Siberia and it looks at the lives of two families living on opposite banks of a river but who don't get along. In the centre of the river is a small island where the families' children come and play, too young perhaps to understand the concept of 'feuds'. There is no narration; Cogitore lets his characters speak for themselves. It's a rare glimpse into a way of life that might have existed a few hundred years ago but which seems almost alien today. It only lasts 49 minutes but since almost nothing actually happens, (a bear is killed; the families square up to each other in a scene you think might will develop into something but doesn't), these could be the longest 49 minutes of your life.