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Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari

Nebesnye zheny lugovykh mari

The Meadow Mari are a Finno-Urgic ethnic group living on the left bank of the Volga River in central Russia, sometimes called ‘the last authentic pagans in Europe’. Across twenty-three short chapters, Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari presents a catalogue of Mari fairytales and folklore, depicting in painterly tableaux a culture driven by ritualistic appreciation for female beauty and feminine sexuality. Vibrant colours, breathtaking cinematography and a gentle sensibility strike a harmony between scenes variously tender and grotesque.

Director

Aleksey Fedorchenko

Country

Russia

Year

2012

Dialogue Languages

Mari Russian

Subtitle Language

English

Primary Contact

Evgeniya Chulkova

Distributor

Evgeniya Chulkova