Yevgeni IVANOV
Евгений ИВАНОВ
Evgueni IVANOV
Russia, 1998, 100mn 
fiction
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 The Spirit

 L'Esprit

 
Directed by : Yevgeni IVANOV (Евгений ИВАНОВ)
Companies : Lenfilm
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
Tragic circumstances lead Esprit, a former soldier from the war in Afghanistan, to a prison cell where he finds himself alone with Baron Maximilian von Stoltz. Esprit once lived by the sea, with a wife and child. Then he went to war as a paratrooper and he followed a path that led him into the world of crime. He has eleven murders on his conscience and no other prospect than the death penalty. Maximilian, moved by an irrepressible desire for change, adventures and alcohol, is too inclined to the most unexpected acts. The flight over Russia by this inebriated airman ended in his arrest. The two cellmates feel that they have something in common: they are hostages to their own character and an insurmountable need to revolt...
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1998