{"product_id":"the-chronicles-of-melanie","title":"The Chronicles of Melanie","description":"Product Description\n\nBased on the memoirs of Melanija Vanaga, Chronicles of Melanie is a terrifying account of the mass deportation of residents of Soviet-occupied Latvia that occurred in June of 1941 as Stalin tightened his grip on power. Melanie, one of over 17,000 people deported to Siberia under suspicion of \"collaborating with the enemy\", is forcibly separated from her husband Aleksandrs shortly after Soviet troops barge into her home at gunpoint and force her, Aleksandrs and their son Andrejs into a lorry to be transported to awaiting cattle cars. The journey to Siberia lasts 3 weeks aboard the cattle cars, during which a diet of scraps of bread, dirty water and no bathrooms are just the beginning of a long and brutal exile\n\nReview\n\nWINNER - Best Cinematography - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival\nOFFICIAL SELECTION - Jeonju Int'l Film Festival\nWINNER - Special Jury Prize - Prishtina Int'l Film Festival\nOFFICIAL SELECTION - Camerimage Film Festival ---\n\n...[A] potent account of the human cost of Soviet ethnic cleansing in the Baltic region…The distorted sound creates a sense of delirium; the painfully slow movements of the malnourished women gives the film a nightmarish quality. Time slows down, both for the exiled Latvian women and also, at times, for the audience. It all amounts to a challenging viewing experience. --Screen Daily\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B07FZ5BCJ6\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B07FZ5BCJ6.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eBinding: DVD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41721367429178,"sku":"DBV.B07FZ5BCJ6.G","price":15.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B07FZ5BCJ6-0.jpg?v=1791168176","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-chronicles-of-melanie","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}