Olga FRENKEL
Ольга ФРЕНКЕЛЬ
Olga FRENKEL
Russia, 2021, 55mn 
fiction
Insomnia
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Инсомния

 

 Insomnia

 Insomnie

 
Directed by : Olga FRENKEL (Ольга ФРЕНКЕЛЬ)
Writing credits : Olga FRENKEL (Ольга ФРЕНКЕЛЬ), Sergey KORIAGIN (Сергей КОРЯГИН)
 
Cast
Gosha KUTSENKO (Гоша КУЦЕНКО) ...Yuri Shtal
Irina STARSHENBAUM (Ирина СТАРШЕНБАУМ) ...Anya
Mariya MIRONOVA (Мария МИРОНОВА) ...Dina
Aleksandr ROBAK (Александр РОБАК) ...Pavel
Rosa KHAYRULLINA (Роза ХАЙРУЛЛИНА)
Kirill KYARO (Кирилл КЯРО)
Igor MIRKUBANOV (Игорь МИРКУРБАНОВ)
 
Cinematography : Alisher KHAMIDKHODZHAEV (Алишер ХАМИДХОДЖАЕВ)
Production design : Igor FROLOV (Игорь ФРОЛОВ), Artiom KUPINA (Артем КУПИНА)
Music : Ruslan LUKYANOV (Руслан ЛУКЬЯНОВ )
Editing : Timofey SHALAYEV (Тимофей ШАЛАЕВ)
Produced by : Valery FEDOROVICH (Валерий ФЕДОРОВИЧ), Sergey KORIAGIN (Сергей КОРЯГИН), Evgeniy NIKISHOV (Евгений НИКИШОВ)
Release Date in Russia : 07/10/2021
 

Plot synopsis
Yuri Shtal is a brilliant psychotherapist who practices hypnosis. A convinced materialist, he is able to explain everything rationally except his insomnia. Yuri suffers from nightmares in which he sees his wife who committed suicide several years ago and strange symbols whose meaning he cannot understand. Yuri escapes his insomnia in a strip club. There he meets Ania, a young stripper who has a tattoo on her neck that represents the infinity sign of her nightmares. Yuri feels that between Ania and him there is an inexplicable connection. Shortly after meeting Ania Yuri discovers a new method of psychotherapy in which he refuses to believe. But the dazzling recovery of his patients leaves no doubt: in a state of hypnotic trance the man is able to see far beyond the limits of his current life. And all the solutions to the enigmas are often found there.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival : PÖFF, Tallinn (Estonia), 2021