Yevgeni SERGEEV-EPSTEIN
Евгений СЕРГЕЕВ-ЭПШТЕЙН
Evgueni SERGUEEV-EPSTEIN
Russia, 2016, 84mn 
fiction
Leytenant
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Лейтенант

 

 The Lieutenant

 Le Lieutenant

 
Directed by : Yevgeni SERGEEV-EPSTEIN (Евгений СЕРГЕЕВ-ЭПШТЕЙН)
Writing credits : Yevgeni SERGEEV-EPSTEIN (Евгений СЕРГЕЕВ-ЭПШТЕЙН)
 
Cast
Anton LEVIN (Антон ЛЕВИН)
Ivan PAVLOV (Иван ПАВЛОВ)
Stepan RUMYANTZEV (Степан РУМЯНЦЕВ)
 
Cinematography : Andrey VALENTSOV (Андрей ВАЛЕНЦОВ)
Produced by : Sergey SELIANOV (Сергей СЕЛЬЯНОВ)
Companies : CTB
 

Plot synopsis
The theme of war has always been a subject widely treated in cinema. But in fact any soldier knows how many events have not been addressed, how many pages have not been studied in this tragedy of humanity, in wars. Not a battle, not a fight ends without consequences. The last volleys have ended, the bloody combat is over, the victory is won and the soldier needs not only rest but also to heal his spirit. For all those who have known war know that in battle the soldier receives not only bodily injuries but also far more serious traumas: a mutilated soul, like a wound that does not heal, poisons life even in times of peace.
The victims of senseless wars do not quite understand how deep the wound is and how their suffering, their body and their organism like a too tense mechanism can at any moment explode and free themselves from the weight of war. The psychological pressure, the permanent feeling of an inevitable death pursues the lieutenant for a long time. How to escape this invading madness? Where to find the much-desired cure?
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2016