Company: Channel One Russia
Country: RUSSIA
Section: OLYMPIC GAMES – OLYMPIC SPIRIT
Discipline: Olympic Games
Year of production: 2014
Director: Elena Egorova
Producer: Alexei Vasilyev
Time: 53 min
Synopsis
The preparations for the Winter Olympics in Sochi seen in an unexpected perspective: the viewers will see a wasteland at the seaside turn into an ultra modern Olympic park, the national glory of Russia. Key sports infrastructure of the Olympic host city is showcased by Russian athletes who will compete for the Olympic medals. Sochi citizen Nikolai Sazonov had been keeping his personal Olympic photo chronicle from the balcony of his house since 2007. In his archive there are also the photos of the children born on July 4, 2007, the day when the International Olympic Committee officially announced Sochi would host the Winter Olympic Games in 2014.