Yevgeni SHELIAKIN
Евгений ШЕЛЯКИН
Evgueni CHELIAKINE
Russia, 2018, 104mn 
fiction
The Eternal life of Alexander Christoforov
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Вечная жизнь Александра Христофорова

 

 La Vie éternelle d'Alexandre Christoforov

 Vechnaya zhizn Aleksandra Khristoforova

 
Directed by : Yevgeni SHELIAKIN (Евгений ШЕЛЯКИН)
Writing credits : Yevgeni SHELIAKIN (Евгений ШЕЛЯКИН), Pavel USACHEV (Павел УСАЧЕВ), Pavel VINOGRADOV (Павел ВИНОГРАДОВ)
 
Cast
Aleksey GUSKOV (Алексей ГУСЬКОВ) ...Alexander Christoforov
Timofei TRIBUNTSEV (Тимофей ТРИБУНЦЕВ)
Oxana FANDERA (Оксана ФАНДЕРА)
Roman KURTSYN (Роман КУРЦЫН)
Stanislav LIUBSHIN (Станислав ЛЮБШИН)
Polina PUSHKARUK (Полина ПУШКАРУК)
Igor UGOLNIKOV (Игорь УГОЛЬНИКОВ)
Lidia VELEZHEVA (Лидия ВЕЛЕЖЕВА)
 
Cinematography : Artur GIMPEL (Артур ГИМПЕЛЬ)
Production design : Nikita TRUBETSKOY (Никита ТРУБЕЦКОЙ )
Music : Artiom FEDOTOV (Артем ФЕДОТОВ), Mikhail MORSKOV (Михаил МОРСКОВ)
Editing : Daniel OVRUTSKIY (Даниэл ОВРУЦКИЙ)
Produced by : Yakov DRABKIN (Яков ДРАБКИН), Aleksey GUSKOV (Алексей ГУСЬКОВ)
Production : 58,5 продакшн / 58,5 production
Film revenue in Russia : 0.3276 million dollars
Spectators : 88 206
Release date in Russia : 18/10/2018
 

Plot synopsis
The misanthrope Alexander Christoforov, nicknamed "Alec", is an hopeless loser. the actor, who was celebrated in Soviet era as the hero of "Eugene Onegin", is carving out a depressing existence as a bad paid figure of a ridicule historical show. Despised by his ex-wife, alienated from his son, Alec has ttotally screwed up his life. Bur when diagnosed with a mortal illness, he sets of on a ludicrous tour de force at the end of which a piece of eternity surprisingly awaits him... A comedy with a happy end.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Novy Rusky Film, Prague (Czech Republic), 2019
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2018