Astrakan 79

Movie · 1h 4m

Starring Martim Santa Rita, Masari, Mateus M Santa Rita, Lourenço Alarcão

1979. Flicking through pictures from a Soviet magazine, 15-year-old Martim dreams of building a new society. His radical communist parents send him to study at Astrakan for one year. In her new film, Catarina Mourão captures with tremendous precision the moment a middle-aged man passes his story on to his son, thus shedding the taboo of his ineffable experience.