Aleksey KHANYUTIN
Алексей ХАНЮТИН
Alekseï KHANIOUTINE
Russia, 2024, 95mn 
documentary
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Вечно живой

 

 Toujours vivant

 Vechno zhiboy

 
Directed by : Aleksey KHANYUTIN (Алексей ХАНЮТИН)
Cinematography : Grigori APALYAYS (Григорий АПАЛЯЙС), Mikhail GOROBCHUK (Михаил ГОРОБЧУК), Aleksandra IVANOVA (Александра ИВАНОВА)
Produced by : Yekaterina MELIKSETOVA (Екатерина МЕЛИКСЕТОВА,)
Production : Parallaks Pictures
 
Sites : Kino-teatr, Message2man

Awards :
Press award Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2024

Plot synopsis
During the Soviet era, there were more than 30 thousand monuments to Lenin on the territory of the USSR. They were recommended to be erected in certain places where Ilyich could "see" how his precepts were being fulfilled. In turn, Lenin's presence had a beneficial effect on the surrounding area. A kind of temporary portals appeared near the monuments, leading to the communist future: flowerbeds were laid out, flags were placed, blue spruces were planted.
What does Lenin see today? And what do these "islands of the future" look like now? How do the descendants of the builders of communism feel about Lenin?
A film of 10 short stories, filmed in different parts of Russia.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2025
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2025
- Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2024

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