Maria (1988)

A requiem for a Russian peasant woman, Maria Semionovna Voinova. The film is in two chapters. The first chapter consists of an impression of Maria Semionovna, scenes of the colours of summer time: hay–making, bathing in a river, work in the flax fields and a holiday in the Crimea. The second chapter, set nine years later, is in black and white and deals with how Maria Semionovna's life ended. The mood is one of a sad and elegiac narration.

• Release Date: 1988-11-01
• Runtime: 0h 40min
• Production Company: Leningrad Documentary Film Studio
• Production Country: Soviet Union
• Director: Aleksandr Sokurov