Alexei and the Spring

Synopsis

180 kilometers down wind of Chernobyl, the village of Budische was evacuated except for 55 older residents who refused to leave and one young man, Alexei who wanted to stay with his parents. This is a simple story of life in Budische 14 years later, as told in voiceover by Alexei. The Belarus village is built around a common spring from which everyone draws water, toting it back to their homes, and to which the women walk to do their laundry outside.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Ryuichi Sakamoto
	Sound	Yutaka Tsurumaki
Crew	Score Engineer	Fernando Aponte
Directing	Director	Seiichi Motohashi
Production	Executive Producer	Sadako Kamiya Tokio Komatsubara
Camera	Director of Photography	Masafumi Ichinose
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Yasuko Takahashi
Department	Role	Name

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