Query: Adoption in Post-Soviet Film/TV/Fiction

[Beach Gray]

Dear Professor Eliot Borenstein,

I am not sure of your specific research interests, but Timur Bekmambetov's
recent film _Six Degrees of Celebration_ (2010) features child protagonists
who live in an orphanage in Kaliningrad/Koenigsberg.  Like _A Driver for
Vera_,though, the adoption at the end is more metaphorical than formal.  My
recent review in _KinoKultura_ may help you decide if this is relevant for
your research:

http://www.kinokultura.com/2011/33r-elki.shtml

I hope this helps!

Best,

Beach.


Beach Gray
Graduate Student
Department of Slavic Literatures and Languages
University of Pittsburgh
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Gerald McCausland <gmmst11 at pitt.edu>wrote:

> Hello Eliot:
>
> Pavel Chukhrai's 2004 film "A Driver For Vera" ends with an adoption of
> sorts, albeit more metaphorical than formal. I'm not sure what your specific
> interest is, but the whole issue of orphanhood, with it's mandatory
> accompaniments--maternal faith(ful/less)ness, paternal (il)legitimacy,
> national (lack of) identity--is central to this film's thematic.
>
> Best,
>        Jerry
>
> On 7/27/2011 3:27 PM, Eliot Borenstein wrote:
>
>> Dear SEELANGERS,
>>
>> Would anyone happen to know of any post-Soviet works of fiction, film, or
>> television, dealing with adoption?  Feel free to reply off-list, and I'll
>> report back the results to SEELANGS.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Eliot Borenstein
>>
>>
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