THE IMAGE OF THE SUN IN THE CONTEMPORARY FILM TEXT: CASE STUDY OF THE SUN ABOVE ME NEVER SETS BY L. BORISOVA

Abstract

The article analyzes the image of the sun in “The Sun Above Me Never Sets” (Min urduber kun khahan da kiirbet), a 2019 film by the Yakutian director L. Borisova. The research is carried out in line with the semiotic approach to the study of the text. The aim of the study is to identify the semantics of the sun image in the context of the traditional culture of the Sakha people. Three metaphorical models with the image of the sun stand out in the film under study: ‘the sun is life’, ‘the sun is a sage old man’, ‘the sun is happiness (joy)’. The original image of the sun as a symbol of life is found in many cultures, this meaning is also embedded in the title of the film “Min rdүber kүn haһan da kiirbet”. The second metaphor is related to the character of the old man Baibal, who, like the sun and like the archetypal image of the Old Sage, acts as the one who illuminates the path of a young man named Altan, guides him. The third metaphor is ‘the sun is happiness (joy)’. Flashback episodes, which are illuminated by the sun and filled with happiness, are associated with the expressive (sensual) space of the characters: photographs, memories of their loved ones, their childhood, bright moments of life – the whole frame is filled with the sun.