After a sold out premiere at IDFA read an interview with Olga Delane, the director of Siberian Love on love and\u00a0marriage<\/p>\n
Click to\u00a0Watch the trailer\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n What was your motivation to make this film? What are the general characteristics of a Russian woman? And men? What misconceptions are there between East and West \u2013 Russians and Europeans? In your opinion, why are there so many people nowadays who are alone, unwilling to make a commitment? What about feminism? Why are you about to answer immediately, \u2018No, I am not a feminist!\u2019 Do you believe in love? What about marriage? What is the biggest clich\u00e9 about women directors? Would you have any special advice to give to female directors?<\/strong>Actually, no. I know one thing. Women have great power in them. If they activate this power, they can make a fantastic experience. I wish that many women have this experience. The world will immediately change \u2013 everybody stands to benefit, especially women directors.<\/p>\n Name your favourite woman-directed film and why you love it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a sold out premiere at IDFA read an interview with Olga Delane, the director of Siberian Love on love and\u00a0marriage Click to\u00a0Watch the trailer\u00a0 What was your motivation to make this film? I was immediately interested in Ljuba. I noticed that although she had a hard life she never complained. She did not struggle … Continue reading Siberia is for lovers<\/span>
\n<\/strong>I was immediately interested in Ljuba. I noticed that although she had a hard life she never complained. She did not struggle to change that and at the same time she seemed very happy and satisfied with her life. I was fascinated in her attitude towards life. She can do so many things, she is so talented. She can weave, saw, embroider; She sings, dances, bakes, cooks; she is as wise as in the Thousand and One Nights. It was clear to me while observing her that her power did not lie in \u2018equality\u2019 as we know it in the West, but in the fact that she was the complementary element in a relationship. So, I became interested in her relationship, and I started the film with her.
\nThen I decided to observe these people in the village, to get answers. Are they right? How do they go about things? How are they shaped by the traditional social conditions in their environment? How do they live and love? How do the interpret \u2018happiness\u2019?<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>A Russian woman loves to show herself, to be feminine, to be adored by men, to be a woman is very important. Dressed luxuriously, in trim. A woman always has a fascinating secret. The \u2018classical\u2019 role. A Russian woman can\u2019t deal easily with the \u2018feminine\u2019 side of man. I love to be a Russian in Germany. As a Russian woman I will always be excused. \u2018She is foreign, a Russian, and on top of that an artist.\u2019<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Russian men are protectors. They will do anything to please their women. In Russia, a man takes full responsibility for the happiness of a woman. He will offer you everything. Will even replace your worn shoelaces. He will travel 800 km a day to buy fresh fruit and vegetables for you. On the other hand, they are not so courteous, and generally do not speak so much.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>How can we have an opinion without knowing each other 100%?<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>It is because of too much freedom and too many choices. At 30, we are still \u2018children\u2019, unable to be responsible for ourselves. We cannot take the responsibility for somebody else, for a relationship. We are eager to stay in our comfort zone in every way. And we grow unused to dealing with the difficulties in a real-life relationship. You can\u2019t expect your partner to be there just to make you happy.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Because I am not! I was born in today\u2019s Russia. There, there are specified roles, starting when you are at Kindergarten. I love to be a woman. I love to cook for my man, to wash his socks and sometimes even to iron. I love it when I feel the man\u2019s power in a relationship, and when a man takes it upon himself to make me happy, while that makes him self-confident. This to me is a healthy relationship. In no way am I dependent on a man, or stripped off of my rights as a woman. On the contrary, I evolve as a woman, and my happiness is also transmitted to him. Yet, I can be happy by myself; I can fend for myself. Is there anything more beautiful? God has made us so different for a reason. I\u2019m sure he had something in mind, and I do not underestimate that in any way.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Of course I do! Without love there is no life!<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>It is a magical ritual. But you do not have to believe in that. What we need today is spiritual power. Tradition provides roots for a harmonious coexistence.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Once, I heard this comment when I went to a shooting wearing a tight cigarette skirt. A German woman told me, \u2018Olga, you can\u2019t go on a set dressed like this. You are a filmmaker now!\u2019 That is perhaps a clich\u00e9.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>For a few years now, I have been observing the highly talented Ekaterina Eremenko. I am a friend of hers, and that is why I speak about her. She has intensity and power that can seldom be found in a man. At work, she is like a tank, and at the same time she is a lady, a mother. That\u2019s a beautiful combination for a modern woman, who always stays feminine.<\/p>\n