Natalya MESHCHANINOVA
Наталия МЕЩАНИНОВА
Natalia MECHTCHANINOVA
Russia, 2021, short film 
Pingviny moyey mamy
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Пингвины моей мамы

 

 My Mother's Penguins

 Les Pingouins de ma mère

 
Directed by : Natalya MESHCHANINOVA (Наталия МЕЩАНИНОВА)
Writing credits : Zaka ABDRAKHMANOVA (Зака АБДРАХМАНОВА), Natalya MESHCHANINOVA (Наталия МЕЩАНИНОВА), Yevgeni SIDOROV (Евгений СИДОРОВ)
 
Cast
Makar KHLEBNIKOV (Макар ХЛЕБНИКОВ ) ...Gosha
Aleksandra URSULIAK (Александра УРСУЛЯК) ...mother
Aleksey AGRANOVICH (Алексей АГРАНОВИЧ) ...father
Nadezhda IVANOVA (Надежда ИВАНОВА) ...Nastya
Pavel POPOV (Павел ПОПОВ) ...Roma
 
Cinematography : Yevgeni TSVETKOV (Евгений ЦВЕТКОВ)
Production design : Georgi KOLOTYGIN (Георгий КОЛОТЫГИН)
Editing : Daria DANILOVA (Дарья ДАНИЛОВА), Yulia БАТАЛОВА (Юлия БАТАЛОВА)
Produced by : Valery FEDOROVICH (Валерий ФЕДОРОВИЧ), Igor MISHIN (Игорь МИШИН), Aleksandr PLOTNIKOV (Александр ПЛОТНИКОВ)
Companies : Look Film, Daily Heroes
Release Date in Russia : 16/10/2021
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Best Serial Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2021

Note :
1 season, 7 episodes, 37 min each.

Plot synopsis
Gosha, a 15-year-old high school student from Moscow, has a lot of problems: fights at school, unhappy love and misunderstanding from his parents. Gosha's parents are obsessed with the idea of saving all the children left without a family or a home, they have already adopted three children and are preparing to welcome a fourth into their home. Gosha feels he no longer has a place in his home and in his parents' hearts. Performing in a stand up club is his only breath of fresh air, an attempt to talk about his problems and find a solution. And for Gosha's parents, this public confession of their son shocks them and leads to family psychotherapy that will help them become aware of their problems.
 

commentaries
Nataliia Meshchaninova: My Mother’s Penguins (Pingviny moei mamy, 2021), Anna NIEMAN, Kinokultura, 2022
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2022
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2021