Sententia

Devoted to the last days of Soviet writer poet and Gulag survivor Varlam Shalamov this film follows the efforts of two of Shalamovs most devoted admirers to preserve the authors legacy Having lost his sight and hearing and living in a retirement home he carried on doing the only thing that mattered to him writing until his final breath This film is a testament to the value of writings that tell the unpalatable truths of the 20th century To evoke the gritty texture of the Soviet world Sententia is shot on 16mm black and white film