Svetlana BASKOVA
Светлана БАСКОВА
Svetlana BASKOVA
Russia, 2012, 100mn 
Colour, fiction
Za Marksa
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За Маркса

 

 For Marx

 Pour Marx

 
Directed by : Svetlana BASKOVA (Светлана БАСКОВА)
Writing credits : Svetlana BASKOVA (Светлана БАСКОВА)
 
Cast
Sergey PAKHOMOV (Сергей ПАХОМОВ)
Vladimir EPIFANTSEV (Владимир ЕПИФАНЦЕВ)
Viktor SERGACHEV (Виктор СЕРГАЧЕВ)
Lavrenti SVETLICHNY (Лаврентий СВЕТЛИЧНЫЙ)
Denis YAKOVLEV (Денис ЯКОВЛЕВ)
 
Cinematography : Egor ANTONOV (Егор АНТОНОВ), Maksim MOSIN (Максим МОСИН)
Production design : Svetlana BASKOVA (Светлана БАСКОВА)
Produced by : Gleb ALEINIKOV (Глеб АЛЕЙНИКОВ), Anatoli OSMOLOVSKY (Анатолий ОСМОЛОВСКИЙ), Andrey SILVESTROV (Андрей СИЛЬВЕСТРОВ)
Companies : AD Studio, CINE FANTOM
 

Awards :
Special Jury prize Independant European Film Festival VOICES, Vologda (Russia), 2012
Event of the Year Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2012

Plot synopsis
This film is about a factory worker, who has organized an independent trade union with his comrades to help workers defend their rights; but under threats, blackmailed and by virtue of other circumstance he becomes a traitor for the people who trust him, and pays for it with his life. The plot is based on real events of today’s crisis, when production owners solve their problems on the back of the workforce, which has recently become impoverished. The idea consists in the display of the duality of the Russian character, which paradoxically merges cruelty and complacency, fidelity and treachery, envy and mutual help. The film presents a cultural reflection on Russia’s modern condition in view of its history and the spiritual baggage that has accumulated over several generations.
 

commentaries
Svetlana Baskova: For Marx (Za Marksa, 2012), Polina BARSKOVA, kinokultura.com, 2013
Жоэль Шапрон : "Похоже, что Россия наконец решила заняться экспортом своих фильмов", Interview, kinoglaz.fr, 2012
Joël Chapron : "La Russie semble avoir enfin décidé de prendre en main l’exportation de ses films", Interview, kinoglaz.fr, 2012
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2014
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2013
- Subversive Film Festival, Zagreb (Croatia), 2013
- Tbilisi International Film Festival, Tbilisi (Georgia), 2013
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 2013
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Author Cinema Festival "Polnyy arthouse", Chelyabinsk (Russia), 2013
- International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools, “Kinoproba”, Yekaterinburg (Russia), 2012
- International Festival of Independent Film "Deboshirfilm - Pure Dreams", St Petersburg (Russia), 2012
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2012
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2012
- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2012
- Independant European Film Festival VOICES, Vologda (Russia), 2012
- International Kansk Video Festival, Kansk (Russia), 2012
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2012