Dmitry SHADRIN
Дмитрий ШАДРИН
Dmitri CHADRINE
Russia (Yakutia), 2023, 91mn 
fiction
The Candidate
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Кандидат

 

 Le Candidat

 Kandidat

 
Directed by : Dmitry SHADRIN (Дмитрий ШАДРИН)
Writing credits : Dmitry SHADRIN (Дмитрий ШАДРИН)
 
Cast
Igor GOVOROV (Игорь ГОВОРОВ) ...Aban
Anatoli NIKOLAEV (Анатолий НИКОЛАЕВ) ...Stepan
Roman DOROFEYEV (Роман ДОРОФЕЕВ)
Nyugruyana SHADRINA (Ньюргуяна ШАДРИНА)
Stepan PORYADIN (Степан ПОРЯДИН)
 
Cinematography : Pyotr_2 IVANOV (Пётр_2 ИВАНОВ)
Produced by : Vladimir DORMIDONTOV (Владимир ДОРМИДОНТОВ), Dmitry SHADRIN (Дмитрий ШАДРИН)
Spectators : 7 200
Release date in Russia : 31/08/2023
 
Note :
The film was not given a release certificate because the hero was dressed as a woman. The Ministry of Culture considered this to be LGBT propaganda.
Plot synopsis
The quiet measured life of the village comes to an end with the announcement of elections for the head of the village. The campaign divides the village into two opposing camps.
 
Commentaries
Ban of Sakha Films Signals Uncertain Future for Russia’s Regional Movie Industries, The Moscow Times 08/11/2023, 2023
Якутская комедия Кандидат не получила прокатное удостоверение из-за пропаганды ЛГБТ [La comédie yakoute Le Candidat n'a pas reçu de certificat de distribution en raison de la propagande LGBT], Илья КУВШИНОВ, kinometro.ru, 2023
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- The Cinema of Sakha (Yakutia), (kinoglaz.fr), 2025
- "Forbidden" contemporary Films, (kinoglaz.fr), 2023
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