Vladimir KOTT Владимир КОТТ Vladimir KOTT   Russia, 2008, 90 mn  Colour, fiction

The Fly ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Муха    La Mouche  Mukha

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Plot synopsis

Mukha is the nickname of Vera Mukhina, a 16-year old schoolgirl from a small Russian town. She has lived alone since her mother died, taken up boxing, and never asked anyone for help. She is not one to forgive other people’s mistakes. One day a man comes into her life and tells her that he is her father. Fyodor Mukhin, a truck-driver, opens the door with his own key, leaves his toothbrush in the bathroom, and starts living in her house. So her father did not get burned alive in a tank, as her mother had used to say. He had just failed to show up before. It’s enough for Mukha to declare war on him.

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

Vladimir Kott : Mukha-The Fly (Mukha, 2008), Olga MESROPOVA, kinokultura.com, 2008

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival : PÖFF, Tallinn (Estonia), 2010

- Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2009

- Sofia International Film Festival, Sofia (Bulgaria), 2009

- Nantes Russian Film Festival ''Univerciné'', Nantes (France), 2009

- Lecce European Film Festival, Lecce (Italy), 2009

- Russian film symposium. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (USA), 2009

- New Directors New Films, New York (USA), 2009

- Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2008

- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival : PÖFF, Tallinn (Estonia), 2008

- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2008

- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2008

- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2008

- Festival of Festivals, St Petersburg (Russia), 2008

- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2008

- International debut film festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2008

- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2008

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2008

- Kyiv International Film Festival 'Molodist', Kiev (Ukraine), 2008

- Russian Film Week in New York, New York (USA), 2008

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