Aleksandr KALASHNIKOV
Александр КАЛАШНИКОВ
Aleksandr KALACHNIKOV
Russia, 2022, 44mn 
documentary
Tango with balalaika
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Танго с балалайкой

 

 Tango avec balalaïka

 Tango s balalaikoy

 
Directed by : Aleksandr KALASHNIKOV (Александр КАЛАШНИКОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksandr KALASHNIKOV (Александр КАЛАШНИКОВ)
Cinematography : Sergey PETRIGA (Сергей ПЕТРИГА), Andrey SHITSOV (Андрей ШИЦОВ), Igor TRUKHANOV (Игорь ТРУХАНОВ)
Sound : Sorin APOSTOL (Сорин АПОСТОЛ), Aleksandr KALASHNIKOV (Александр КАЛАШНИКОВ), Aleksandr TROUKHAN (Александр ТРУХАН)
Produced by : Aleksandr KALASHNIKOV (Александр КАЛАШНИКОВ)
Production : «Красноярская киностудия» / "Studio de cinéma de Krasnoiarsk"
 

Plot synopsis
Sergei Mayorov, a virtuoso balalaika player of the legendary state dance ensemble of Siberia, whose solo numbers were admired by half the world, was one of the first in the Siberian region to start making Russian folk instruments at the beginning of the 2000s. His kitchen in a two-room Khruschevera apartment has turned into a workshop in which he and his wife have been huddled for more than ten years. https://unikino.ru/mmkf_44/
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2022
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2022