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201726 minPGdocumentary

Monologue

201726 minPGdocumentary

Twenty years after the war in Abkhazia, the republican psychoneurological hospital still reflects its lasting impact through the voices of its patients.

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Twenty years after the war in Abkhazia, the republican psychoneurological hospital still reflects its lasting impact through the voices of its patients.

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Otto Lakoba

Otto Lakobadirector

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In the republican psychoneurological hospital of Abkhazia, former patients share their experiences from the war that ended over twenty years ago. Their fragmented monologues reveal lingering effects of the conflict. Shadows roam the hospital corridors, serving as reminders of trauma and memory. Director Otto Lakoba captures these voices, offering insight into their monochromatic perceptions of reality in a 26-minute documentary.

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