Village of Socks

Village of Socks

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 25, 2007

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Satul sosetelor

Director

Ileana Stanculescu

Description

A patient camera chronicles the Transylvanian village of Viscri slowly extricating itself from poverty typical to the outskirts of the European union in an original way: by the means of sock making. The trade continues a centuries-old handicraft tradition rejuvenated by the conditions of global export. This is the hope of a German businessman who has turned a part of the village where cows cross muddy streets into a large manufacture. In a relaxed way, the directors capture the lives of the people in harmony with the serene beauty of the surrounding landscape to depict its change in details of everyday scenes.