Seda: People of the Marsh

Overview

In Seda, a remote peat miners' town in Latvia, time seems to be frozen in the Soviet era. Built in 1952 and inhabited by a multi-ethnic workforce from different parts of the former USSR, it still preserves intact the inflated style of a Stalinist "shock work" construction project. Culturally Seda's people feel like a community apart. Their lingua franca is Russian, and their social life is a mixture of Soviet and Russian Orthodox traditions. They don't want the European Union, they want to live in their own state - the Marshland.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 25, 2004

Original language

Latvian

Spoken languages

latvian, russian

Countries

Latvia

Production

VFS Films,Filmtank,Filmtank, VFS Films

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt6765652