Yuri FETING
Юрий ФЕТИНГ
Youri FETING
Andrey KRAVCHUK
Андрей КРАВЧУК
Andreï KRAVTCHOUK
Russia, 2000, 92mn 
fiction
Christmas Mystery
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Рождественская мистерия

 

 Le Mystère de Noël

 Rozhestvenskaya misteriya

 
Directed by : Yuri FETING (Юрий ФЕТИНГ), Andrey KRAVCHUK (Андрей КРАВЧУК)
Writing credits : Yuri FETING (Юрий ФЕТИНГ)
 
Cast
Aleksandr ABDULOV (Александр АБДУЛОВ)
 
Production : Lenfilm, Goskino RF, BGTPK
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
The film concerns a failed puppeteer who lives in Italy pretending to lead the successful life of fame and fortune which he seemed destined for when he left. The expectations rested on a magic puppet which could fly, but when Maxim leaves his childhood sweetheart, Masha, to chase glory and recognition, the puppet's powers vanish. Unknown to Maxim, Masha was bearing his son, and, distraught at his departure, raises the boy to hate the absent father. When Maxim returns to his village to fulfill the promise he made to give a school performance on New Year's Eve, an angry confrontation with his son leads to a family reconciliation and the puppet's powers return.
Source : www.kinoeye.org
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2001