Yevgeniya MONTANYA IBANES
Евгения МОНТАНЬЯ ИБАНЬЕС
Evguenia MONTANIA IBANES
2012, 71mn 
Colour, documentary
March, March With Your Left !
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Марш, марш, левой!

 

 En marche, la gauche!

 Marsh, marsh, levoy!

 
Directed by : Yevgeniya MONTANYA IBANES (Евгения МОНТАНЬЯ ИБАНЬЕС)
Writing credits : Yevgeniya MONTANYA IBANES (Евгения МОНТАНЬЯ ИБАНЬЕС)
Cinematography : Yevgeni DUBIN (Евгений ДУБИН)
Produced by : Yevgeniya MONTANYA IBANES (Евгения МОНТАНЬЯ ИБАНЬЕС)
 

Awards :
Special Jury prize International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2012
Best First Documentary National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2012

Plot synopsis
On March 4, 2012, Vladimir Putin was once again elected President of Russia, marking the start of his third term. The opposition objected - they were already convinced there had been foul play during the 2011 parliamentary elections, and they demanded that Putin resign from the presidency. One of the most controversial opposition leaders is 35-year-old Sergei Udaltsov of the Leftist Front movement. With his black clothes and piercing gaze, he looks more like a street fighter than a politician, yet his supporters come from a wide range of social and intellectual backgrounds. Director Evgeniya Montayya Ibanyes managed to get up close to Udaltsov and some of his supporters during their struggle to realize their ideals. One of the scenes is filmed at a hunger strike organized by Udaltsov, in which nine people participate. At the big demonstration on May 6, 2012, the day before Putin was sworn in as president, we watch as thousands of Udaltsov supporters initially shout slogans and demonstrate peacefully, but are then pushed back and dispersed by the riot police with teargas and batons. The mood becomes increasingly grim and Udaltsov tries to address the crowd, but he's arrested and - not for the first time - taken to court.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Документальное кино. Итоги года [2012], Yekaterina VIZGALOVA, kino-teatr.ru, 2013
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Yerevan International Film Festival "Golden Apricot", Yerevan (Armenia), 2013
- Russian Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2013
- Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival : IDFA, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2012
- National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2012
- International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2012

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