Andrey BOGATYREV
Андрей БОГАТЫРЕВ
Andreï BOGATYREV
2012  
fiction
Iuda
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Иуда

 

 Judas

 Judas

Other titles : Человек из Кариота / Иуда Искариот
 
Directed by : Andrey BOGATYREV (Андрей БОГАТЫРЕВ)
Based on the novel of Leonid Andreev "Juda Iscariot"
 
Cast
Aleksey SHEVCHENKOV (Алексей ШЕВЧЕНКОВ)
 
 

Awards :
Best actor Aleksey SHEVCHENKOV , Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2013
Best actor Aleksey SHEVCHENKOV , International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2013

Plot synopsis
Judas, a seasoned thief, finds himself in the market square where Christ is giving a sermon and his apostles are collecting alms. He follows them and steals their money, only to be caught red-handed. Nevertheless, the Teacher forgives him. What is more, He invites the thief to become one of His followers and offers him a position as the group’s treasurer. Shocked by Christ’s unexpected offer, Judas decides to join the apostles, if only to figure out what is going on. He gradually starts to comprehend Christ’s message, but feels that the apostles are blindly following their teacher. Judas argues with them, and tries to defend his right to divine the truth of God. But when he fails to make them understand, he realizes that Christ’s teachings may sink into oblivion without benefiting humanity. His solution is to betray Christ. “By killing a man, have I not saved a God?”
 

commentaries
Andrei Bogatyrev: Judas (Iuda, 2013), Frederick H. WHITE, Kinokultura, 2014
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2014
- Independant European Film Festival VOICES, Vologda (Russia), 2014
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2013
- Cinema and Theater Festival ''Autumn of Love'', Blagoveshchensk (Russia), 2013
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2013
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2013
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2013