Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea (1991)
On a frozen and forbidding shoreline of northern Sakhalin Island, to the north of Japan, live the Nyvkh people, whose austere, heroic struggle for survival depends solely on their ability to hunt the seal and to fish. This blunt glimpse into their quarters, animistic rituals, and daily (and nightly) lives has all the appearance of a well-shot documentary but is in fact a scripted film with convincing special effects, based on a novella of the same title by the gifted and controversial Soviet Kirghiz writer, Chingiz Aitmatov. "Dog running at the edge of the sea" is what the Nyvkhs call the forbidding place they have domesticated as their home, husbanding and speaking of it by means of myths and "poetry of the concrete" with which they commemorate their savage lives.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea about?
- On a frozen and forbidding shoreline of northern Sakhalin Island, to the north of Japan, live the Nyvkh people, whose austere, heroic struggle for survival depends solely on their ability to hunt the seal and to fish. This blunt glimpse into their quarters, animistic rituals, and daily (and nightly) lives has all the appearance of a well-shot documentary but is in fact a scripted film with convincing special effects, based on a novella of the same title by the gifted and controversial Soviet Kirghiz writer, Chingiz Aitmatov. "Dog running at the edge of the sea" is what the Nyvkhs call the forbidding place they have domesticated as their home, husbanding and speaking of it by means of myths and "poetry of the concrete" with which they commemorate their savage lives.
- Who directed Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea?
- Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea was directed by Karen Gevorkyan.
- Who stars in Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea?
- Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea stars Bayarta Dambayev, Aleksandr Sasykov, Doskhan Zholzhaksynov, Lyudmila Ivanova, Tokon Daiyrbekov.
- How long is Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea?
- Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea has a runtime of 2h 12m (132 minutes).
- What genre is Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea?
- Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea is a Drama film.
- Where was Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea produced?
- Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea was produced in Germany, Soviet Union.