Aleksandr VELEDINSKY
Александр ВЕЛЕДИНСКИЙ
Aleksandr VELEDINSKI
Russia, 2005, 96mn 
Colour, fiction
Alive
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Живой

 

 Vivant

 Zhivoy

 
Directed by : Aleksandr VELEDINSKY (Александр ВЕЛЕДИНСКИЙ)
Writing credits : Igor PORUBLEV (Игорь ПОРУБЛЕВ), Aleksandr VELEDINSKY (Александр ВЕЛЕДИНСКИЙ)
 
Cast
Olga ARNTGOLTZ (Ольга АРНТГОЛЬЦ) ... L'infirmière Olga
Aleksey CHADOV (Алексей ЧАДОВ) ... Le prêtre
Andrey CHADOV (Андрей ЧАДОВ) ... Kir
Vladimir EPIFANTSEV (Владимир ЕПИФАНЦЕВ) ... Igor
Maksim LAGASHKIN (Максим ЛАГАШКИН) ... Nikitch
Aleksandr ROBAK (Александр РОБАК) ... Slavik
Viktoria SMIRNOVA (Виктория СМИРНОВА) ... Tatiana
Ivan TIMCHENKO (Иван ТИМЧЕНКО)
Yekaterina VOLKOVA (Екатерина ВОЛКОВА)
Liubov ZAYTSEVA (Любовь ЗАЙЦЕВА) ...Matushka
 
Cinematography : Pavel IGNATOV (Павел ИГНАТОВ)
Production design : Eduard GALKIN (Эдуард ГАЛКИН)
Music : Aleksey ZUBAREV (Алексей ЗУБАРЕВ)
Produced by : Sergey CHLIANTS (Сергей ЧЛИЯНЦ), Vadim GORIAINOV (Вадим ГОРЯИНОВ)
Production : Pygmalion Production
Film revenue in Russia : 3.215 million dollars
 
Site : www.pgmfilm.ru/

Awards :
Best Screenplay Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2006
Best directing International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2006
Best Screenplay "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2006
Best Screenplay Aleksandr VELEDINSKY , Igor PORUBLEV , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2006
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Vladimir EPIFANTSEV , Maksim LAGASHKIN , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2006

Plot synopsis
Kir is an ordinary young guy, who returns to normal life after an injury in Chechnya. At home he is awaited by his mum and by his girlfriend: in order to pay for the wedding he had signed a contract to fight in Chechnya. However, civil life is far from his ideals of justice. Kir steals, then betrays. One day he understands that he got muddled, and at this moment the phantoms of two fighting comrades appear in his life and follow him on every step. On the verge of life and death, Kir searches for answers and for an opportunity to redeem himself.
Source : www.kinotavr.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Aleksandr Veledinskii : Alive (Zhivoi, 2006), Yelena MONASTIREVA-ANSDELL, kinokultura.com, 2007
Жар нежных, Lidia MASLOVA, seance.ru, 2006
Живой, Dmitry BYKOV, Maksim CHERTANOV, Igor PORUBLEV, Сеанс, 2006
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2022
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2012
- Days of Russian cinema in Limoges, Limoges (France), 2008
- Russian film festival in Sweden 'KinoRiurik', Stockholm (Sweden), 2008
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2007
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2007
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2006
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2006
- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2006
- Festival Kinoblick, Stuttgart (Germany), 2006
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2006
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2006
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2006
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2006
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2006