8 Views of Lake Biwa

8 Views of Lake Biwa

126 mins | Drama | Feb. 16, 2024

"8 views" is an eastern art tradition where one place (primarily the area around Lake Biwa in Japan) is described through eight motifs, among which are scarlet, snow, sailboats returning home in the evening, rain, autumn moon, temple bell, gust of wind, flight of forest geese. These motifs frame eight intertwining tragic love stories, the setting of which are modern Russian fishing villages of old believers on the border of Estonian-Russian settlements and cultures by Lake Peipsi. The spiritualization of everything living and inanimate from Japanese animism, the eroticism of shunga and the humble language of prayer merge into a spiritual and magical world of a small community, where one still believes that one is connected with everything.

8 Views of Lake Biwa

126 mins | Drama | Feb. 16, 2024

8 Views of Lake Biwa
"8 views" is an eastern art tradition where one place (primarily the area around Lake Biwa in Japan) is described through eight motifs, among which are scarlet, snow, sailboats returning home in the evening, rain, autumn moon, temple bell, gust of wind, flight of forest geese. These motifs frame eight intertwining tragic love stories, the setting of which are modern Russian fishing villages of old believers on the border of Estonian-Russian settlements and cultures by Lake Peipsi. The spiritualization of everything living and inanimate from Japanese animism, the eroticism of shunga and the humble language of prayer merge into a spiritual and magical world of a small community, where one still believes that one is connected with everything.
Producers Allfilm, Oy Bufo Ab
Original title Biwa järve 8 nägu
Directors Kertu Köösel, Kadri Kask, Marko Raat
Writers Marko Raat

Cast

Tommi Korpela

as Planton

Tiina Tauraite

as Õnne

Jan Uuspõld

as Olger

Elina Masing

as Hanake

Liina Tennosaar

as Nina

Meelis Rämmeld

as Andrei

Erki Laur

as Ain

Ülle Kullassepp

as Hall Guard

Jüri Vlassov

as Siimeon

Indrek Spungin

as Johannes

Maarja Jakobson

as Rabbiteye

Toomas Saarepera

as Arkadi

Simeoni Sundja

as Kiri

Rainer Elhi

as Officer

Peeter Tammearu

as Timofei

Jarmo Reha

as Okuro

Kärt Kokkota

as Seashell

Ronald Mäeots

as Stefanus