The Train Stop / Portrait

20 March, 2015 - 17:30
Cinematek, Brussels

Polustanok (The Train Stop)

Sergei Loznitsa
,
RU
,
2000
,
b&w
,
25'

Trains travel through the night without stopping. The clatter of the carriages quickly disappears, along with the wail of the locomotive. The people at the station are all asleep. But why are they so exhausted ? And what are they waiting for?

Portret (Portrait)

Sergei Loznitsa
,
RU
,
2002
,
b&w
,
28'

This film is a collection of static portraits. It's a one long pause. No words, silence.