Mikhail MERZLIKIN
Михаил МЕРЗЛИКИН
Mikhaïl MERZLIKINE
Russia, 2024, 100mn 
fiction
Shaman
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Шаман

 

 Chaman

 Shaman

 
Directed by : Mikhail MERZLIKIN (Михаил МЕРЗЛИКИН)
Writing credits : Anna GURINA (Анна ГУРИНА)
 
Cast
Yuri MAYNAGASHEV (Юрий МАЙНАГАШЕВ) ...Shaman
Lyana ONDUR (Ляна ОНДУР) ...a woman
Marina FEDUNKIV (Марина ФЕДУНКИВ) ...Lyuba
Oleg VASILKOV (Олег ВАСИЛЬКОВ) ...Lekha
Amadu MAMADAKOV (Амаду МАМАДАКОВ)
Ianina MELEHOVA (Янина МЕЛЕХОВА)
 
Cinematography : Seyf GAALUL (Сэйф ГААЛУЛ)
Produced by : Vladislav KAFEEV (Владислав КАФЕЕВ), Mikhail MERZLIKIN (Михаил МЕРЗЛИКИН)
Production : Veter peremen
Film revenue in Russia : 0.091217 million dollars
Spectators : 27 813
Release date in Russia : 16/01/2025
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, IMDb

Plot synopsis
An old shaman asks the spirits to let him go. All his life he served people who demanded that their wishes be fulfilled - sometimes stupid, insignificant and causing harm to others.
No one ever asked him about the gods, about the meaning of life, about why people suffer. The shaman is disappointed in people - in their greed, anger, philistinism and baseness. He is tired. But there is a price to pay for everything - both for those hungry for fame, money, power and other people's husbands, and for the shaman who is forced to be a guide between people and spirits. And the price for leaving the service is death.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian auteur cinema festival “Winter”, Moscow (Russia), 2024

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