Absent

Overview

For over a hundred years, Mărculești was a vibrant Jewish agricultural and mercantile community in Bessarabia (now present-day Moldova). In July 1941, the village was the site of an unimaginable atrocity. Seventy-three years later, few speak honestly or completely about what happened. ABSENT is a cinematic portrait of the ghost village of Mărculești, its current inhabitants, and their very complex relationship to their own history. Filmed entirely on location, the film documents one of Europe's poorest, most remote, and least-visited places.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 10, 2015

Original language

Romanian

Spoken languages

English, Romanian, Russian

Countries

Switzerland, United States of America, Romania

Production

Iconoclastic Features,Willona Prod,Western Transylvania Studios

Director

Matthew Mishory

Writer

Marco Cohen,Matthew Mishory

Producer

Randall Walk,Matthew Mishory,Ke Jeffery Shen,Christophe Vauthey,Sabin Dorohoi,William M. Cartwright,Sharon Coryell,Edward Singletary

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3344050