Marusya Syroechkovskaya
How to Save a Dead Friend
Edition 2022
103'
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2022
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Documentary
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Dialogue:
Russian
Director:
Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Composer:
Felix Mikensky
With:
Marusya Syroechkovskaya, Tatyana Moreva, Kimi Morev
A gut-punch of a documentary about the past years in Putin's Russia, a country that has seemingly given up on its youth. A heartbreaking debut.
Marusya is 16 and, like many Russian teenagers, is determined to end her life. Then she meets her soulmate in another millennial, Kimi. They spend a decade filming the euphoria and anxiety, the happiness and misery of their youth, muzzled by a violent and autocratic regime in the midst of a “depressed Russia”. This film is a cry from the heart, a tribute to an entire silenced generation.
“For anyone currently wondering about the condition of nonconformist youth in Russia this film makes a fascinating watch – although the picture it presents is more than a little desolate. This documentary memoir cum love letter is moving, harrowing and, despite everything, hopeful; above all, it is fearsomely candid.” - Screen Daily
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Credits
Director
Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Composer
Felix Mikensky
With
Marusya Syroechkovskaya, Tatyana Moreva, Kimi Morev
Scenario
Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Editor
Qutaiba Barhamji, Qutaiba Barhamji
Producer
Ksenia Gapchenko, Mario Adamson
Production studios
Sisyfos Film & Docs Vostok Production
More information
Dialogue
Russian
Countries of production
Norway, Germany, France, Sweden
Year
2022
Filmography
Marusya Syroechkovskaia
Chistiy chelovek (short, 2012), Exploration of Confinement (Short, 2013), How to Save a Dead Friend (2022)
