ABSENT
synopsis
For over a hundred years, Mărculeşti was a vibrant Jewish agricultural and mercantile community in Bessarabia (now present-day Moldova). In July 1941, the village was the site of an unimaginable atrocity. Seventy-four years later, few speak clearly or honestly about what happened. Absent is a cinematic portrait of the ghost village of Mărculeşti, its current inhabitants, and their very complex relationship to their own history.
| international title: | Absent | 
| original title: | Absent | 
| country: | Romania, Switzerland, United States | 
| year: | 2015 | 
| genre: | documentary | 
| directed by: | Matthew Mishory | 
| film run: | 71' | 
| cinematography by: | Michael Marius Pessah | 
| film editing: | Marc Cohen | 
| music: | Gilead Mishory | 
| producer: | Edward Singletary, Randall Walk, Sabin Dorohoi | 
| production: | Western Transylvania Studios, Iconoclastic Features [US], Willona Prod [US] | 



















