Documentary backdrop image for Returns (2013)

Documentary backdrop image for Returns (2013)

201311 minPGdoc-short

Returns

201311 minPGdoc-short

Two maternity hospitals, two factories, and two cemeteries remain in a city and country that no longer exist on the map.

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Tatiana Derkach,

Oleksandr Ratii

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Two maternity hospitals, two factories, and two cemeteries remain in a city and country that no longer exist on the map.

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Tatiana Derkachdirector

Oleksandr Ratiidirector

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A man visits a city that no longer exists on any map. He was born there in the last century and millennium. The city has only two maternity hospitals, two factories, and two cemeteries. His repeated returns raise questions about his connection to this place. Directed by Tatiana Derkach, Returns runs for 11 minutes and was released in 2013. It captures a personal story set against the backdrop of a lost location.

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