Osadné

"A witty and entertaining documentary about a small village in Eastern Slovakia and its application for a grant from the European Union. Osadné is a Rusyn village on the eastern border of Slovakia – the furthest reach of the European Union. Its population numbers just over 190 and, in the past five years, 50 villagers have been buried and only two children baptised. The mayor, Ladislav Mikulásko – who has been in office for 36 years and has outlasted several presidents – the local Orthodox priest Peter Soroka, and the Ruthenian activist Fedor Vico decide to apply for help to the EU in Brussels to create a heritage trail (or perhaps a Garden of Rest since that seems to be the facility most needed by the ageing population). Invited to...