"Volga-Garonne", Vladimir Kozlov's film
This film draws the portraits of two migrants whose paths intersect:
Irina Makeenko, who, though born in France, went to live in USSR at the age of twelve, and Vladimir Kozlov, a film director, who arrived in France after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Irina Makeenko's parents, White Russians who had settled in the region of Toulouse after 1917, believed Stalin's promises and returned to the USSR in 1947.
About 50 years later, after perestroïka, Vladimir Kozlov took the reverse migration path, motivated also by the dream of a better life.
Between a country dreamt of and a country lost, a story of hope and disillusionment.
Irina Makeenko, who, though born in France, went to live in USSR at the age of twelve, and Vladimir Kozlov, a film director, who arrived in France after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Irina Makeenko's parents, White Russians who had settled in the region of Toulouse after 1917, believed Stalin's promises and returned to the USSR in 1947.
About 50 years later, after perestroïka, Vladimir Kozlov took the reverse migration path, motivated also by the dream of a better life.
Between a country dreamt of and a country lost, a story of hope and disillusionment.
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