Anatoli BALUYEV
Анатолий БАЛУЕВ
Anatoli BALOUEV
Russia, 2000, 53mn 
documentary
Bykoboy
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Быкобой

 

 Byk-killing

 Les Courses de taureaux

 
Directed by : Anatoli BALUYEV (Анатолий БАЛУЕВ)
Writing credits : Anatoli BALUYEV (Анатолий БАЛУЕВ)
 

Plot synopsis
The character in this film, Andrei Gagarin, lives in Nizhny Tagil, not far from the agreed border between Europe and Asia. One day, he decides to return to his native village, Bolshaya Kocha, located in what was then the Komi-Permyatsky Autonomous District.
There in the past, a bull sacrifice took place, a ceremony expressing a syncretism between elements of the Christian religion and paganism.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2025
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012