Mariya MAZHAR
Мария МАЖАР
Maria MAJAR
Russia, 2007, 78mn 
Colour, fiction
Ennemies
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Враги

 

 Les Ennemis

 Vragi

 
Directed by : Mariya MAZHAR (Мария МАЖАР)
 
Cast
Yulia AUG (Юлия АУГ)
Gennadi KARBUK (Геннадий КАРБУК)
Ivan MATSKEVICH (Иван МАЦКЕВИЧ)
Alesya PUKHOVAYA (Алеся ПУХОВАЯ)
Aksel SHRIK (Аксель ШРИК)
Yelena YATSKO (Елена ЯЦКО)
Zinaida ZUBKOVA (Зинаида ЗУБКОВА)
 
Cinematography : Aleksandr SMIRNOV (Александр СМИРНОВ)
Production design : Andrey VASIN (Андрей ВАСИН)
Music : Pavel KARMANOV (Павел КАРМАНОВ)
Sound : Sergey SOKOLOV (Сергей СОКОЛОВ)
Editing : Yelena ANDREYEVA (Елена АНДРЕЕВА), Gleb NIKULSKY (Глеб НИКУЛЬСКИЙ)
Produced by : Aleksey UCHITEL (Алексей УЧИТЕЛЬ)
Production : Rok / Belarusfilm
 
format : 35 mm

Plot synopsis
War drama.
The summer of 1942. The war has moved away, far off to the east. The life of the small town where the German authorities for the region have set themselves up, is getting back to «normal». The Germans are studying Russian, trying to flirt with the local girls. The women wash the clothes for the Germans and feed them, and some begin relations with their lodgers. They have to carry on somehow… The teenage son of the central character tries to run away to the partisans, blowing up a German train in order that they take him. The boy is caught. The Germans have to execute him in order «to teach the others a lesson». That’s the order, it can’t be disobeyed. The Germans understand that executing the boy will bring an end to their peaceful lives. The local commandant understands this particularly well, as he is already involved in a close relationship with the boy’s mother. But he can’t ignore an order from his commanders either…
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2017
- Paris Russian Film Festival, Paris (France), 2008
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2008
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2007

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