Valeriya Gai GERMANIKA Валерия Гай ГЕРМАНИКА Valeria Gaï GUERMANIKA   Russia, 2008, 80 mn  Colour, fiction

Everybody dies but me ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Все умрут, а я останусь    Ils mourront tous, sauf moi  Vse umrut, a ya ostanus

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Plot synopsis

The life is never easy but it is much more difficult for the juvenile of 14 years old. But some of the teenagers have to deal not only with their inner affections and complicated feelings, but also with the reality which is often cruel to them. Three girls are living in the outskirts of Moscow - Katja, Zhanna and Vika – they are very different, each one of them with her own inimitable character and individuality. They are related by their friendship in which they see their salvation from the outer world, the cruelness of their parents and counterparts. On Monday they found out about the school discotheque which will be held on Saturday. They start preparing for the event which they see as the most delightful thing in the world. But the unexpected event threaten all their gorgeous plans: Katja has insulted a school teacher, and is to be punished both in her place and in the school. Katya knows that her abusive father will punish her, so she decides not to return home. And Zhanna and Vika must make their choice: either to stand for their friend or to go and have their fun on the disco. Finally they chose the latter – after all this is what they’ve been dreaming about for the whole week. Unexpectedly Katja also shows up at the school. And this evening which they’ve all been dreaming of, ends up with a number of unpleasant surprises and the strokes of misfortune which inevitably lead to the point where childhood ends.

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

Valeriia Gai-Germanika : Everybody Dies But Me (Vse umrut, a ia ostanus', 2008), Aleksandr KOLBOVSKY, kinokultura.com, 2008

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Les rencontres culturelles Russenko, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (France), 2012

- Days of the russian cinema in Tunisia, Tunis / Sousse / Hammamet (Tunisia), 2012

- Festival Pau ville russe, Pau (France), 2011

- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2011

- Seville European Film Festival : SEFF, Seville (Spain), 2011

- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2010

- Semaines russes au Ciné-Parvis Le Méridien de Tarbes, Tarbes (France), 2010

- Semaine de cinéma russe à la cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image d'Angoulême, Angoulême (France), 2010

- Rencontres de cinéma européen, Vannes (France), 2010

- Temps de paroles : de l'Empire soviétique à la Russie, Valencia (France), 2010

- Russian Film Festival, Orléans (France), 2010

- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 2009

- Helsinki International Film Festival, Helsinki (Finland), 2009

- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 2009-04-22

- Cinémas russes à Montauban, Montauban (France), 2009

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

- The portrayal of Russian women in Russian and Soviet films, Biarritz (France), 2009

- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2009

- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2009

- Tromso International Film Festival : TIFF, Tromso (Norway), 2009

- Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco (Principality of Monaco), 2009

- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2009

- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2009

- International debut film festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2009

- Istanbul International Film Festival, Istanbul (Turkey), 2009

- Russian Film Week in New York, New York (USA), 2009

- Brussels European Film Festival : FFFB, Brussels (Belgium), 2008

- New Cinema Festival, Montreal (Canada), 2008

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

- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 2008

- Munich International Film Festival, Munich (Germany), 2008

- Haifa International Film Festival, Haifa (Israel), 2008

- Russian Film Festival, Riga (Latvia), 2008

- International Festival of Contemporary Cinema «Zavtra / 2morrow», Moscow (Russia), 2008

- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2008

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

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

- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2008

- Stockholm International Film Festival, Stockholm (Sweden), 2008

- The Times BFI London Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2008

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