Vladimir MUNKUYEV
Владимир МУНКУЕВ
Vladimir MOUNKOUEV
Russia (Yakutia), 2021, 107mn 
fiction
Nuuccha
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Нуучча

 

 Noutcha

 Nuuchcha

 
Directed by : Vladimir MUNKUYEV (Владимир МУНКУЕВ)
Writing credits : Vladimir MUNKUYEV (Владимир МУНКУЕВ)
 
Cast
Sergey GILEV (Сергей ГИЛЕВ) ...Kostya
Pavel KOLESOV (Павел КОЛЕСОВ) ...Khabzhiy
Irina_2 MIKHAYLOVA (Ирина_2 МИХАЙЛОВА) ...Keremes
Innokenti LUKOVTSEV (Иннокентий ЛУКОВЦЕВ)
Danil OSIPOV (Данил ОСИПОВ)
 
Cinematography : Denis KLEBLEYEV (Денис КЛЕБЛЕЕВ)
Production design : Roman ARUTIUNYAN (Роман АРУТЮНЯН), Yekaterina SHAPOVNIKOVA (Екатерина ШАПОВНИКОВА)
Produced by : Boris KHLEBNIKOV (Борис ХЛЕБНИКОВ), Yevgeni NIKISHOV (Евгений НИКИШОВ), Aleksandr PLOTNIKOV (Александр ПЛОТНИКОВ)
Production : Лук-фильм / Look Film; Place of Power
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Awards :
Best directing Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2021
Best film Prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Historians of Russia, Moscow (Russia), 2021

Plot synopsis
Based on the Hailak short story and other works by Polish writer with experience of Siberian exile Waclaw Sieroszewski, the plot revolves around the poor Yakut peasant couple Khabdzhiy and Keremes struggling to survive in the taiga area of the most remote East corner of the Russian Empire at the end of XIX century. After the death of the second newborn child both young man and woman obediently get back to their chores to make it through another day and get ready for a lengthy and exhausting winter. The local Yakut ruler orders the family to admit to their house the Russian political convict Konstantin and keep him till further notice. The worlds of the family and the Russian unwelcome guest are colliding from the first days due to completely polar backgrounds. Despite the mutual challenge of the household against surrounding wild nature, Konstantin gradually settles in and claims the position of master of the house.
https://www.imdb.com/
 

Commentaries and bibliography
10 лучших российских фильмов 2021 года Версия кинообозревателя «Труда» Леонида Павлючика [10 meilleurs films russes de 2021 selon le journal Trud], Leonid PAVLYUCHIK, trud.ru, 2022
Vladimir Munkuev’s Nuuccha (Sakha, 2021), Elena MONASTIREVA-ANSDELL, Kinokultura, 2022
 
Set in the late 19th century, Nuuccha (Yakut for “Russian”) was inspired by the writings of Polish author Wacław Sieroszewski, who became acquainted with Yakut culture and traditions during his years in Siberian exile. This evocative drama by debuting director Vladimir Munkuev is a striking example of lesser known Yakut cinema, while it also contributes significantly to the debate on the impact of colonisation and forced assimilation within tsarist Russia.
https://www.kviff.com/

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2024
- The Cinema of Sakha (Yakutia), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- "Forbidden" contemporary Films, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2022
- Tromso International Film Festival : TIFF, Tromso (Norway), 2022
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2022
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 2021
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival : PÖFF, Tallinn (Estonia), 2021
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2021
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2021
- Prize of the Guild of Film Critics and Historians of Russia, Moscow (Russia), 2021

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