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My Class by Ekaterina Eremenko on BBC4
Ekaterina Eremenko's film "My Class" (DCM 2002) will be screened on Tuesday, 19 February 2008 at 10:30 pm. on BBC4.
Short Synopsis In 1982, 26 young specially gifted pupils are accepted at the school for Natural Sciences in the Soviet Union. Graduating from this school guarantees a most promising future. But then Perestroika happens, the old order collapses. Today, those pupils are spread all over the world, hardly any of them are still employed with scientific research.
With her film, the director Ekaterina Eremenko undertakes a very personal journey into her past in order to meet her former classmates once again and to find out, what has become of them.
Based upon the laws of physics, once taught at the school, MY CLASS tells the story of a nation. The former pupils represent a generation that was dramatically influenced by the political changes that took place after their graduation.
The film was produced by zero one film production in coproduction with RBB/ARTE, BBC Storyville and Maximage. Supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
