The end of the Cold War did not bring about a definitive thaw in the former republics of the Soviet Union, so that today there are several frozen conflicts, unresolved for decades, in that vast territory. As in Transnistria, an unrecognized state, seceded from Moldova since 1990. Kolja is a silent witness of how borders and bureaucracy shape the lives of citizens, finally forced to lose their identity.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lamaland, Mengamuk Films, Walla Collective, Screen Miguel Nabinho
Keywords
- border crossing
- road trip
- docudrama
- semi-documentary
- russian history
- woman director
- 1990s
- moldova
- post soviet union
- soviet union history
- transnistria
- soviet architecture
- semi-fiction
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Top Cast
Christoph Both-Asmus as The Tree Walker
Kolja Kravchenko as Self
Top Crew
Salomé Lamas · Director, Writer
Ryszard Kapuściński · Book
Andreia Pinto Correia · Composer
Jorge Piquer Rodríguez · Cinematographer
Telmo Churro · Editor
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