Absent
2015•1h 11m•5.8•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Matthew Mishory
Writer
Marco Cohen, Matthew Mishory
Languages
English, Romanian, Russian
Studio
Willona Prod
Production
Company
Willona Prod
Company
Iconoclastic Features
Company
Western Transylvania Studios
Producer
Randall Walk
Producer
Sabin Dorohoi
Producer
Edward Singletary
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