Alexander ABATUROV
Александр АБАТУРОВ
Alexander ABATUROV
France / Russia, 2017, 70mn 
documentary
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Сын

 

 The Son

 Le Fils

 
Directed by : Alexander ABATUROV ( Александр АБАТУРОВ)
Writing credits : Alexander ABATUROV ( Александр АБАТУРОВ)
Cinematography : Alexander ABATUROV ( Александр АБАТУРОВ), Aleksandr_5 KUZNETSOV (Александр_5 КУЗНЕЦОВ), Artiom PETROV (Артем ПЕТРОВ)
Sound : Aleksandr KALASHNIKOV (Александр КАЛАШНИКОВ)
Editing : Alexander ABATUROV ( Александр АБАТУРОВ)
Produced by : Alexander ABATUROV ( Александр АБАТУРОВ), Rebecca HOUZEL (Ребекка УЗЕЛЬ)
Other persons :
Montage: Luc Forveille
Companies : Petit à Petit Production, Sibériade, IDA Studio
 
Sites : Page sur Allociné, page sur IMDb
VOD or DVD release in France : 2019-05-29, Site

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Nour Films. 2019. Titre : Le Fils

Plot synopsis
In 2013, the filmmaker’s cousin, enlisted in the Russian Special Forces, was killed in Dagestan. While his parents endeavour to get through their impassible grief, his comrades continue their training, convinced that they are the “defenders of the motherland”.
 

commentaries
Entretien avec Rebecca Houzel de Petit à petit production [A propos de Alexander Kuznetsov et Alexander Abaturov], Rebecca HOUZEL, pro.bpi.fr, 2023
« Le Fils » : tu seras un soldat, mon fils, Murielle JOUDET, Le Monde, 2019
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- VOD or DVD release in France of the film:, Different cities (France), 2019
- Yerevan International Film Festival "Golden Apricot", Yerevan (Armenia), 2018
- International Documentary Film Festival : Cinéma du réel, Paris (France), 2018
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 2018
- International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2018

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