The Waters of the Bug River

Dedicated to the poet Paul Celan, the film traces the itinerary of the deportation of Jews from Czernowitz and Bucovina to Mikhailovka camp on the banks of the river Bug during WW2. Among them was the poet’s mother.

Director: Marc Sagnol

Cast: Philippe Kellmer, Eric Celan, Aleksandr Gelman, Efim Vygodner, Rita Shveibisch, Esther Fleischman, Walter Spelsberg

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.