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Trains
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Trains

01:20:10

Maciej Drygas

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Litvanya, Polonya

TRAINS, tamamen arşiv görüntüleri ve ses tasarımından oluşan bir buluntu görüntü belgeselidir ve 20. yüzyıl Avrupası'ndaki insanların umutlarını, arzularını, dramlarını ve trajedilerini yakalayarak kolektif bir portre çizer. Tren kompartımanı, insanların bir süreliğine günlük yaşamlarından uzaklaştıkları bir yerdir. Bazen yolculuk, varış noktasına ulaştığımızda hayatımızda bir şeylerin değişeceği umuduyla ya da tam tersine, umudun tamamen yokluğuyla eşlik eder. Yine de 20. yüzyılın tarihi, tren vagonlarında tekrarlayan bir nakarat gibi ortaya çıkar. Birkaç yılda bir, dünyanın dört bir yanındaki tren istasyonlarında birbirine çok benzeyen sahneler yaşanır: Savaşa giden erkeklerle dolu vagonlar, ancak yaralı ya da ölü olarak geri dönerler. Bu döngünün ardından sivillerin göçü, kamplardan dönen savaş esirleriyle karışan tahliye edilenler ve galip orduların askerleri yenilenleri sürükler, ta ki sıradan yolcular istasyonlara geri dönene kadar.

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