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| THE RIVER OF COPSA MICA a film by Ryan Uzilevsky |
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As the war in Europe raged on around them, the community in young
Sig's farming village spoke of giant machines destroying entire cities
just beyond the horizon. Until one day the machine landed in their
backyard. The government built an iron foundry for war production
near the village, and the villagers were quick to take up work there.
For some joining the war effort was the path to a Utopian future of
industry and nationalism. It was too early for them to know that by
becoming a component of the industrial war machine, they would be
setting an extreme course in their history that would devastate the
quality of life in Copsa Mica for many generations to come.
In the film these events are recounted by a former citizen of Copsa
Mica named Sig. He speaks of his childhood when he wanted to escape
the dark shadow of the new factory. He ventured into the woods in
search of a group of Gypsies. The Gypsies where known to perform a
mystic Pagan ritual portraying the past, present, and future of the
human relationship to the natural world. In a twist of fate Sig becomes a
part of their ceremony, and accidentally causes its violent destruction.
Sig lives on to see this experience as the foreshadowing of an
apocalyptic future for his country, and becomes determined to change
its course. And today, he may have his chance. But can he convince
the others? And will this emotional unearthing turn the tide for peace,
or for war?
