Russian director Victor Kossakovsky returned to documentary festival IDFA – where he has been a frequent guest, and won awards with “Pavel and Lyalya” and “Belovy” – with “Gunda,” a film that made a statement in more ways than one. Shot entirely in black and white, without voiceover or music, it documents the life and times of a pig named Gunda and the piglets she raises on an unnamed farm somewhere—a scenario that does not end well for either pigs or audience. Unsurprisingly, Kossakovsky is a vegetarian, and, as he told journalist Derk Sauer, this immersive experience has personal roots.
“When I was four years old,” he recalled, “I spent some months in a village, and there was a piglet there. Probably he was one month [old], and at Christmas he became my best friend. He was really my best friend, we had fun together, we spent time together—and then they killed him,...
“When I was four years old,” he recalled, “I spent some months in a village, and there was a piglet there. Probably he was one month [old], and at Christmas he became my best friend. He was really my best friend, we had fun together, we spent time together—and then they killed him,...
- 11/29/2020
- by Damon Wise
- Variety Film + TV
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