The film "Lonely Island" opens today the film program of the XXI "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk".

July 14, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The film program opens today at the XXI International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk," the forum's directorate informed a BELTA correspondent. The permanent film center of the festival is the House of Cinema - the oldest cinema in Vitebsk and in Belarus, located in the historical center of the city in a building that is an architectural monument of the late 19th - 20th centuries. This year, the film project includes five feature films, which will be presented by their creators - directors or actors. The program will be opened by the feature film "Lonely Island" (Belarus, Latvia, Estonia) directed by Peeter Simm (Estonia). The film, which will be presented at 4:00 PM by actress Valeria Arlanova (Belarus), tells about the life of people in a big city, which holds many mysteries. For example, a literature professor cannot find common ground with his son, a diesel locomotive driver. The relationship between a young teacher and a high school student - the son of an Estonian taxi driver and a Belarusian flight attendant - is not developing easily. Two friends, former fellow sailors, are in love with the same woman, and all three are unable to break the long-standing love triangle. A little ballerina, confined to a wheelchair, torments her mother, considering her the cause of her misfortune... It is not easy for the characters to unravel the subtle threads of complex relationships, and only a sincere desire to understand and forgive themselves, as well as those around them, can help them. On the Day of the Union State, at the same time, viewers will be able to watch the film "The House" (Russia). According to the plot, in a large house, in the middle of the Don steppes, lives the Shamanov family. There is everything in this house except peace, love, and mutual understanding. Fathers conflict with children, children with fathers and with each other. The eldest son, Viktor, returns to his father's house after a 25-year absence. He does not yet know that a group of professional killers is following him closely. The festival film program on July 16 includes two films at once: at 3:00 PM, director Andrey Silkin will present the film "The Deal" (Russia) about the fine line between good and evil to the participants and guests of "Slavianski Bazaar," and at 6:00 PM, a presentation of the film "Hot Heart" (Lithuania) will take place, which will be conducted by the film's producer Žilvinas Naujokas, director Donatas Ulvydas, and actor Mantas Jankavičius. The film tells about 1861, when Lithuania was part of the Russian Empire. Political intrigues surrounding the abolition of serfdom unexpectedly escalate into a peasant uprising in a remote Lithuanian village. The serf Tadas Blinda, against his will, finds himself at the epicenter of events, leading a detachment of rebels. At the same time, Tadas falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner. The main character will have to make a difficult choice between fighting the oppressive regime and love. The film project of the XXI festival concludes on July 17 with the feature film "House of the Wind" (Russia). Director Vyacheslav Zlatopolsky will introduce the audience to the story of the film's creation. The poignant drama tells about the life of Taisiya Levshina, the janitor of a children's infectious disease hospital, who learns that her son, who went missing on the southern border about ten years ago, actually died. To fill the painful emptiness in her soul, Taya takes a seven-year-old Asian boy, Timur, from the hospital, who, according to all diagnoses and medical indications, is doomed to a swift departure. This is a story about how selfless love lifts a microscopic person from hardship and adversity to the level of ancient greatness, to the level of direct conversation with God, and, rejecting all the laws of a too material world, creates a Miracle, preserving new life. -0-