The Cossack and the Gypsy

Documentary - 77 min - 2012

The Cossack and the Gypsy takes us to the heart of intimate worlds of Lev Chayka and Régine Gabrysz, illustrating their memories, interior views composed of the stories about their childhood and devotion to their country of origin (Ukraine and Soviet Union).

The wars and dictatorship of the past in the Eastern Europe is set in contrast with the Far North of Quebec in a forgotten boom town. Vera and Jack, the last miner, Régine and Lev are among the last first immigrants. Their Slavic voices and accents still lull the Abitibi sonorous landscapes, but for how long.

Distribution

Awards and selection

Prix Pierre-et-Yolande-Perrault, Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Montréal, Québec, 2013
Première mondiale, Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2012

Team

Writer and director : Nadine Beaudet
Camera : Christian Mathieu Fournier
Sound Recording : Nadine Beaudet
Editing : René Roberge
Sound Designer : Claude Beaugrand
Music : Charles Papasoff
Translation: Victoria Novak
Producers : Christian Mathieu Fournier et Nadine Beaudet

V.O. french/ukrainian/russian with english subtitles