Olesia FOKINA
Олеся ФОКИНА
Olessia FOKINA
Russia, 2018, 113mn 
documentary, TV
Vek Solzhenitsyna
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Век Солженицына

 

 Age of Solzhenitzyn

 Le Siècle de Soljenitsyne

 
Directed by : Olesia FOKINA (Олеся ФОКИНА)
Writing credits : Olesia FOKINA (Олеся ФОКИНА)
Cinematography : Alisher KHAMIDKHODZHAEV (Алишер ХАМИДХОДЖАЕВ), Sergey MOKRITSKY (Сергей МОКРИЦКИЙ), Grigori YABLOCHNIKOV (Григорий ЯБЛОЧНИКОВ)
Sound : Aleksandr DUDAREV (Александр ДУДАРЕВ), Dmitry KONYUSHENKO (Дмитрий КОНЮШЕНКО)
Produced by : Olesia FOKINA (Олеся ФОКИНА), Svetlana KOLOSOVA (Светлана КОЛОСОВА), Oleg VOLNOV (Олег ВОЛЬНОВ)
Companies : Студия «КОД-фильм+» / Studio "KOD-film+"
 

Plot synopsis
The film was shot on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. It tells the story of the writer's life from his childhood to the tragic moment when he wrote his letter to the Fourth Congress of the USSR Writers' Union, which marked his final break with the authorities. The film also tells about the tragic fate of his supporters, his relationship with Varlam Shalamov.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Europe around Europe, Paris (France), 2019
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2019
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2019