Olesia FOKINA
Олеся ФОКИНА
Olessia FOKINA
Russia, 2016, 72mn 
documentary
Life refers to the beginning
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Жизнь подходит к началу

 

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 Zhizn podkhodit k nachalu

 
Directed by : Olesia FOKINA (Олеся ФОКИНА)
Writing credits : Olesia FOKINA (Олеся ФОКИНА)
Cinematography : Grigori YABLOCHNIKOV (Григорий ЯБЛОЧНИКОВ)
Produced by : Olesia FOKINA (Олеся ФОКИНА)
 

Plot synopsis
"The important thing is not to stifle the voice of truth that has been resonating in us since childhood." Boris Pasternak. Love. Non-love? What was your childhood made of "when the soul's instinct was infallible"? Actress Chulpan Khamatova, rock singer Alexander Gradsky, famous Latvian politician and poet Ruta Marjasa, cardiosurgeon Professor Valery Chekanov visit the places where they spent their childhood and youth. Yaroslavl, Kazan, Riga... "And if suddenly we do not become human, for all of us it will be the end!" Young Arseni Fokin, aged 10, thinks while listening to our heroes. Arseni refuses to be like everyone else, he wants to remain himself, to be, and not to pretend.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2016