Aleksey TELNOV
Алексей ТЕЛЬНОВ
Alekseï TELNOV
Russia, 2017, 58mn 
documentary
Eternal Life
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Жизнь вечная

 

 La Vie est éternelle

 Zhizn vechnaya

 
Directed by : Aleksey TELNOV (Алексей ТЕЛЬНОВ)
Writing credits : Mariya OSHMIANSKAIA (Мария ОШМЯНСКАЯ), Aleksey TELNOV (Алексей ТЕЛЬНОВ)
Cinematography : Denis ALEKSANYAN (Денис АЛЕКСАНЯН), Artiom IGNATOV (Артем ИГНАТОВ)
Produced by : Aleksey TELNOV (Алексей ТЕЛЬНОВ)
Production : АО «ТПО «Санкт-Петербургская студия документальных фильмов» / "Studio de films documentaires de Saint Pétersbourg"
 

Plot synopsis
Why do people stay in a city at war? This is the question that the hero of the film asks those he meets in Donetsk. From the answers, from the images that recorded the simple, everyday actions of the townspeople like in a puzzle, the picture of life in a city in total isolation is formed. By continuing to do what they did before the war and will do after it, people resist the very idea of ​​war.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2025
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2022
- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2018
- Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2017
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2017