Pripyat
Nikolaus Geyrhalter / AT, 1999 / 100 min.
The town of Pripyat, five kilometres from the Chernobyl nuclear power station, is inside the highly radioactive 30-kilometre zone. The inhabitants were evacuated, but a few hundred people still live there. Documentary maker Nikolaus Geyrhalter spoke to them: what’s life like there?
When Russia invaded Ukraine, for several weeks Russian troops occupied the Chernobyl nuclear power station, making this radioactive location headline news again.
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Details
Director
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Production year
1999
Country
AT
Original title
Pripyat
Length
100 min.
Language
Russian
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Cinema Ecologica
Much in life is uncertain, but one thing is sure: climate change. Cinema Ecologica focuses on how film directors depict the relationship between humanity and the earth: from nail-biting disaster films to artistic meditations, from romantic nature experiences to astounding science fiction.
Why in Eye
When I watched Pripyat for the Cinema Ecologica programme, the Chernobyl nuclear power station seemed to be a hazard again: the Russians had fired on the power station and occupied it, and the cooling system was in trouble. I jumped on my bike, but couldn’t get iodine tablets anywhere. Seems I wasn’t the only one reliving the fear of radiation from 1986.
Anna Abrahams
programmeur Eye
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