Rio Negro: Colony of Russian immigrants in Choele Choel. Close-up close-ups taken from a moving Jeep truck showing the road and fields; The driver and journalist Andrés Percivale are also seen traveling inside the vehicle. Close-ups of a cake walking along the side of the road, a spider is also seen. General views of the Colorado River and the landscape. Close-up of a National Highway sign indicating the next city and the remaining kilometers to reach: Choele Choel (Center); General Roca (180) and Neuquén (224). General views of a group of Russian immigrants talking with journalist Andrés Percivale outside a house. Report on León, one of the Russian immigrants who lives in the colony, in which he is asked: -León, where did you learn to speak Spanish? (Answer: In Argentina) -Is it a large family? -Are you single? -Are you planning to get married? -Are you of an Orthodox religion? - Is your religion the one that does not allow you, for example, to cut your beard and not smoke? - Do you think that the people of the colony would like to continue traveling or do you plan to stay here permanently, in Argentina? General views of a boy caring for pigs. Close-ups of a man and a young man slaughtering a dead animal. Close-ups of a woman showing journalist Andrés Percivale a blanket that she made. Report on Mr. Manrique, in which he is asked: - Do you consider that these people, the Russians, here in the colony are happy? Close-ups of a young man building a brick house. Report to Maxim, one of the Russian immigrants who lives in the colony, in which he is asked: -How old is he? (Answer: 33 years) -How long have you been here in Argentina? (Answer: 1 year) -Do you have children? -Do you like Argentina? Close-ups of a settler driving a tractor. Close-ups of a young man riding a horse and plowing a field. Report on Estefano, who is the son of one of the settlers and in which he is asked: -How old are you? (Answers: 19 years old) -Do you work here on the farm? -Do you speak Spanish very well, where did you learn? (Responds: Here, at school) -How long have you been here? (Answers: 1 year) -Do you teach those from the other neighborhood to drive the tractor? -Do you like Argentines? -Are you thinking of marrying an Argentina? General views of a group of settlers working on the farm where they remove the land and tend the crops. (No sound / Ambient sound)
Date: 1966
Duration: 6 minutes 28 seconds
Film Code: C-01435

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