Un drame romantique avec des éléments de thriller.
Pachka, le gardien d’une datcha est congédié. Il est très amoureux de la belle propriétaire de la datcha, Natacha, et refuse de partir. Le père de Natacha menace Pachka avec un chien. Pour se venger Pachka fabrique une petite bombe, la cache dans un ourson en peluche et la laisse dans la propriété en espérant tuer le chien. Mais c’est le fils de Natacha, un garçon de six ans, qui trouve l’ourson…
Director’s statement
(...) I always wanted to make a black and white feature,
so that is what I have done. Though I received high marks
in art classes (in color painting), I never had much luck
with black and white photography. And b/w cinematography
is like magic, the highest level. Only a handful of art
designers and just a few directors of photography can reach
that. And there are still a lot of things I have to work on.
It is never easy to find money for a project, never easy to
make a film. With black and white films it becomes ten
times more complicated. (...)
I was fortunate enough to work with producers who really
wanted to make this film and were able to find the money.
And they didn’t meddle with production. So all the mistakes
I made are mine.
The crew was excellent. Some people chose to work on a
“real black and white feature” and gave up television jobs
that would certainly have paid better. It was fun to work
with enthusiasts of that sort.
The actors are not professionals, just people whom we
found by posting flyers and through casting announcements
on TV. (...)
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