Salamanca backdrop

Salamanca 2015 Directed by Sasha Kulak , Ruslan Fedotov Саламанка

For generations, the Salamanca community of Mennonites has been living in the same modest and rigidly organized way. Modern-day scenes are accompanied by a voice-over narrating a man’s recollections of his youth. “As soon as I close my eyes,” he explains, “I go back to the past, to the moment when I made the choice that shaped my entire life.” Speaking in the Plautdietsch language, he talks calmly of the strong curiosity he felt as a young boy about the world beyond Salamanca and the Mennonite faith – a curiosity for which he paid dearly.

Country Russia
Production Country Russia
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gnere Documentary
Production Company Stereotactic
Release Date 20 November 2015
41 mins