Pirjo Honkasalo¿s documentary film 'The 3 Rooms of Melancholia' depicts the vulnerability of a child¿s mind. The main characters of the film are the 9 to 14-year-old boys at Kronstadt Cadet Academy, a woman called Hadizhat Gataeva who saves children from the ruins of Chechnya, and the children living across the border in the Ingushetia refugee camp. The setting is the everlasting Chechen war.
| Original title | Melancholian 3 huonetta |
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| Danish title | Melancholia |
| Keywords | Children in foreign countries, Russia, Military, Chechnya, Conflicts, Children |
| Director | Pirjo Honkasalo |
| Screenplay | Pirjo Honkasalo |
| Director of Photography | Pirjo Honkasalo |
| Editor | Niels Pagh Andersen, Pirjo Honkasalo |
| Sound | Mart Otsa |
| Composer | Sanna Salmenkallio |
| Production country | Finland, Denmark, Germany, Sweden |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut |
| Technical info | 35 mm, 1,85:1 - Widescreen, color, Dolby, SRD |
| Danish theatrical release | 16.09.2005 |
| Cinemas | Grand, Øst for Paradis (Århus) |
| Find more | Variety Vol CCCXCVI, nr 7 (Oct 4, 2004), p 112 |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 15 |
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| Production company | Millenium Film |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Pirjo Honkasalo |
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| Script | Pirjo Honkasalo |
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Production |
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| Production | Pirjo Honkasalo |
| Production | Kristiina Pervilä |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Pirjo Honkasalo |
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Stills |
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| Stills | Pirjo Honkasalo |
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| Editing | Niels Pagh Andersen |
| Editing | Pirjo Honkasalo |
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Music |
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| Music | Sanna Salmenkallio |
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| Sound | Mart Otsa |
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