Svetlana PROSKURINA
Светлана ПРОСКУРИНА
Svetlana PROSKOURINA
Russia, 1992, 80mn 
Colour, fiction
Mirror Reflection
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Отражение в зеркале

 

 Reflet dans le miroir

 Otrazhenie v zerkale

Other titles : Reflections in a Mirror
 
Directed by : Svetlana PROSKURINA (Светлана ПРОСКУРИНА)
Writing credits : Andrey CHERNYKH (Андрей ЧЕРНЫХ)
 
Cast
Natalia BARANOVA (Наталья БАРАНОВА)
Yevgeniya DOBROVOLSKAIA (Евгения ДОБРОВОЛЬСКАЯ)
Vladimir ILIN (Владимир ИЛЬИН)
N. PAVLOVA (Н. ПАВЛОВА)
Viktor PROSKURIN (Виктор ПРОСКУРИН) ...Victor
 
Cinematography : Dmitry MASS (Дмитрий МАСС)
Production design : Yuri PASHIGORYEV (Юрий ПАШИГОРЬЕВ)
Music : Mikhail GAIVORONSKY (Михаил ГАЙВОРОНСКИЙ)
Sound : Vladimir PERSOV (Владимир ПЕРСОВ)
Editing : Leda SEMENOVA (Ледa СЕМЕНОВА)
Production : Lenfilm, Kanal LTD
 

Plot synopsis
Victor, a theatrical actor is approaching the end of an extremely successful career. Unsure about his future and frightened by the prospect of leaving the stage, he falls victim of a bizarre syndrome of lost identity. He is deafened by the silence of the stage and blinded by the 'masks' he has been wearing all his life. He seems to be losing his personality entirely while transforming into the characters he plays on stage, to such a degree that he is no longer able to recognise his own reflection in the mirror. The process of recovering the man behind the mask and reinventing himself is a painful one - as it requires Victor to give up some of his habits, address the misconceptions and part with deeply-rooted illusions.
Source: http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2008
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1992