Yana SAD
Яна САД
Yana SAD
Russia / Germany, 2023, 74mn 
documentary
Ya mogu dyshat glubzhe
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Я могу дышать глубже

 

 With My open Lungs

 Je peux respirer à pleins poumons

 
Directed by : Yana SAD (Яна САД)
Produced by : Yana SAD (Яна САД)
Companies : Yana Sad Autoproduction / Gregory Bagaev
 

Plot synopsis
Yana films her girlfriend Yaroslava and the beginning of their relationship as a couple in the winter of 2022. They watch how reality in St. Petersburg changes after the start of the war in Ukraine, and they want to leave Russia. Accidentally discovered cancer in Yaroslava prevents them from moving. Cancer plunges them into a viscous world without day and night - dates through hospital doors, intimate dreams and sex through injections, coughs and nausea.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Le Doc en Scène, Paris (France), 2025
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2025
- Artdocfest / International, Different cities (World), 2025
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival : PÖFF, Tallinn (Estonia), 2024
- International Documentary Film Festival : Cinéma du réel, Paris (France), 2023