Viktor TIKHOMIROV
Виктор ТИХОМИРОВ
Viktor TIKHOMIROV
Russia, 1992, 52mn 
fiction
Grass and water
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Трава и вода

 

 Herbe et eau

 Trava i voda

 
Directed by : Viktor TIKHOMIROV (Виктор ТИХОМИРОВ)
 

Plot synopsis
"Grass and Water" is the first cinematic experience of the famous artist Viktor Tikhomirov. It is a film about foreboding in the broadest sense. Through the thoughts and feelings of the teenager Ivanov, the director raises important questions for every person: who are you, what are your roots, what is important in life? Maybe that's why the main character doesn't even have a name. Everyone calls him by his last name - Ivanov. The director, like a true artist, shows the diversity of the world in broad strokes. The spectator sees both the real life of the hero, and the world, still unknown to him, love in its various manifestations, the meeting of Western and Eastern cultures. “Grass and Water” is also a tribute in memory of the director to his father, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, and to all the older generation who survived this war. Ivanov's father watches us from the screen in the last frame. Our strength and support are in the roots. And we ourselves must swim at all costs. And each time to make a choice, but in which direction?
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2021