THE END OF THE VALLEY OF TEARS
POLISH TITLE: KONIEC ŚWIATA W DOLINIE ŁEZ
The residents of the village of Tichilesti, which is located in Danube Delta eastern Romania, live far away from civilization, in the quiet among dogs and cats that roam the streets. Their everyday life follows the rhythm of nature, which is determined by the changing seasons.
But this calmness means death because Tichilesti also called The Valley of Tears was where lepers were exiled for decades.
Under communism, the village was wiped off the map by order of the authorities, and its inhabitants were strictly forbidden to leave the area.
Today, only the last few of them are alive, but this place still has a bad reputation as a leper colony, which makes even members of their families don't want to visit the village.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland, Romania
- RUNNING TIME:
- 70'
- YEAR:
- 2022
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Jarosław Wszędybył
- SCRIPT:
- Jarosław Wszędybył
- DOP:
- Michał Gruszczyński, Filip Drożdż
- EDITOR:
- Jarosław Wszędybył, Tamahin Mehanni, Delia Oniga
- MUSIC:
- Marcin Lenarczyk
- PRODUCTION:
- Before my Eyes, Parada Film
- COPRODUCTION:
- Uni-Solo Studio, Fixafilm, TVP, Televiziunea Romana, CNC Romania, PISF
Jarosław Wszędybył »
Educated by the giants of Polish documentary: Kazimierz Karabasz and Lidia Zonn. Graduate and currently PhD student and lecturer at the Film and Television Direction Department of Polish National Film School in Lodz. Sensitive to social issues, the characters of his films are often outsiders, people who are excluded or live outside the system.
He works in both - fiction and documentary as well.
- South-East European Film Festival, 2023, France, 2023 (European Jury Award for Best Documentary)
- DjarFogo International Film Festival, 2023, Cape Verde, 2023 (competition)
- Iran International Documentary Film Festival Cinema Verite, 2023, Iran, 2023 (competition)
- Human-Environment Care Film Festival HECFF, 2023, Canada, 2024 (The Best Long Documentary Film Award)
- Valle de Guadalupe Film Festival, 2024, Mexico, 2024 (competition)
- Supbatdeul Mountain Village Film Festival, 2024, South Korea, 2024 (competition)
- Human Rights Are Universal Arts Festival, 2024, Uganda, 2024 (competition)