Valeria GAI GERMANIKA
Валерия ГАЙ ГЕРМАНИКА
Valeria GAÏ GUERMANIKA
Russia, 2008, 80mn 
Colour, fiction
Vse umrut, a ya ostanus
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Все умрут, а я останусь

 

 Everybody dies but me

 Ils mourront tous, sauf moi

 
Directed by : Valeria GAI GERMANIKA (Валерия ГАЙ ГЕРМАНИКА)
Writing credits : Yuri KLAVDYEV (Юрий КЛАВДИЕВ), Aleksandr RODIONOV (Александр РОДИОНОВ)
 
Cast
Yulia ALEKSANDROVA (Юлия АЛЕКСАНДРОВА) ...Nastia
Nazar AS-SAMARRAY (Назар АС-САМАРРАЙ)
Aleksey BAGDASAROV (Алексей БАГДАСАРОВ) ...Le père de Katia
Polina FILONENKO (Полина ФИЛОНЕНКО) ...Katia
Donatas GRUDOVICH (Донатас ГРУДОВИЧ) ...Aleks
Agnia KUZNETSOVA (Агния КУЗНЕЦОВА) ...Janna
Olga LAPCHINA (Ольга ЛАПШИНА) ...Le mère de Katia
Olga SHUVALOVA (Ольга ШУВАЛОВА) ...Vika
 
Cinematography : Alisher KHAMIDKHODZHAEV (Алишер ХАМИДХОДЖАЕВ)
Production design : Denis SHIBANOV (Денис ШИБАНОВ)
Produced by : Igor TOLSTUNOV (Игорь ТОЛСТУНОВ)
Companies : Profit
Film revenue in Russia : 0.235 million dollars
 
Release date in France : 2009-04-22, Site

Awards :
Special Jury prize, Caméra d'or, Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 2008
Best first film International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2008
Discovery of the year "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2008
Prix cinevision, Festival de Munich, 2008

Plot synopsis
The life is never easy but it is much more difficult for the juvenile of 14 years old. But some of the teenagers have to deal not only with their inner affections and complicated feelings, but also with the reality which is often cruel to them. Three girls are living in the outskirts of Moscow - Katja, Zhanna and Vika – they are very different, each one of them with her own inimitable character and individuality. They are related by their friendship in which they see their salvation from the outer world, the cruelness of their parents and counterparts. On Monday they found out about the school discotheque which will be held on Saturday. They start preparing for the event which they see as the most delightful thing in the world. But the unexpected event threaten all their gorgeous plans: Katja has insulted a school teacher, and is to be punished both in her place and in the school. Katya knows that her abusive father will punish her, so she decides not to return home. And Zhanna and Vika must make their choice: either to stand for their friend or to go and have their fun on the disco. Finally they chose the latter – after all this is what they’ve been dreaming about for the whole week. Unexpectedly Katja also shows up at the school. And this evening which they’ve all been dreaming of, ends up with a number of unpleasant surprises and the strokes of misfortune which inevitably lead to the point where childhood ends.
 

commentaries
Что посмотреть: Осенний список фильмов от редакции «Синема Рутин» (ч.2) [Films du Monde recommandés par la revue Cinema Routine, 2ème partie], cinemaroutine.ru, 2023
Ils mourront tous sauf moi ! (2008) [de Valeria GAÏ GUERMANIKA], Julien MORVAN, Perestroikino, 2020
L’année de la crise : un regard sur le cinéma russe 2008-2009, Yelena KVASOVA-DUFFORT, kinoglaz.fr, 2009
Valeriia Gai-Germanika : Everybody Dies But Me (Vse umrut, a ia ostanus', 2008), Aleksandr KOLBOVSKY, kinokultura.com, 2008
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian or Soviet films awarded at Berlin, Cannes or Venice, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Russian film symposium. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (USA), 2017
- Les rencontres culturelles Russenko, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (France), 2012
- Days of the russian cinema in Tunisia, Tunis / Sousse / Hammamet (Tunisia), 2012
- Festival Pau ville russe, Pau (France), 2011
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2011
- Seville European Film Festival : SEFF, Seville (Spain), 2011
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2010
- Semaine russe au Ciné-Parvis Le Méridien de Tarbes, Tarbes (France), 2010
- Semaine de cinéma russe à la cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image d'Angoulême, Angoulême (France), 2010
- Rencontres du cinéma européen, Vannes (France), 2010
- Temps de paroles : de l'Empire soviétique à la Russie, Valencia (France), 2010
- Russian Film Festival, Orléans (France), 2010
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 2009
- Helsinki International Film Festival, Helsinki (Finland), 2009
- Cinémas russes à Montauban, Montauban (France), 2009
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2009
- The portrayal of Russian women in Russian and Soviet films, Biarritz (France), 2009
- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 2009-04-22
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2009
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2009
- Tromso International Film Festival : TIFF, Tromso (Norway), 2009
- Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco (Principality of Monaco), 2009
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2009
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2009
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2009
- Istanbul International Film Festival, Istanbul (Turkey), 2009
- Russian Film Week in New York, New York (USA), 2009
- Brussels European Film Festival : FFFB, Brussels (Belgium), 2008
- New Cinema Festival, Montreal (Canada), 2008
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 2008
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2008
- Munich International Film Festival, Munich (Germany), 2008
- Haifa International Film Festival, Haifa (Israel), 2008
- Russian Film Festival, Riga (Latvia), 2008
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2008
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2008
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2008
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2008
- International Festival of Contemporary Cinema «Zavtra / 2morrow», Moscow (Russia), 2008
- Stockholm International Film Festival, Stockholm (Sweden), 2008
- The Times BFI London Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2008

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