A Bride of the Seventh Heaven
2004
Not currently streaming on CaSTV
Synopsis
An elderly Nenets woman in teepee on northern Russia's Yamal Peninsula recounts her early life betrothed to a deity for the entertainment of a blind young girl. In the Nenets culture, a girl child can be married to holiest of holies, Num, before or after her birth. Lonely old Numd' Syarda (which means, literally, 'tied to Num') entertains the blind young Ilne ('giver of life') with stories of how she became one of these chosen few.
Facts
Production
Millennium Film Oy, Yle, Yle TV1
Original language
Nenets
Festival History
- Doclisboa International Film Festival 2023 generic
- Berlin International Film Festival 2017 generic
