International Features Competition
Beanpole
Dylda
Swiss Premiere
Kantemir Balagov / Russian Federation / 2019 / 137 min / Drama
Russian / Subtitles English, French
Russian / Subtitles English, French
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1945, in the ruins of a Leningrad destroyed by the Nazis, two young women struggle fiercely against death, despair and madness. New prodigy of Russian cinema, Balagov returns to GIFF with a ferocious movie, so beautiful that it looks painted onto the screen.
Born in the Caucasus, with a background in photography and web series, Kantemir Balagov, a student of Sokourov, has turned the film industry upside down in less than two years. With a tight production, powerful actresses and lighting inspired by Flemish paintings, he immerses us into a Leningrad torn to shreds after the war. Freely inspired by The Unwomanly Face of War, the memoirs of dissident writer Svetlana Alexievich.
Direction
Kantemir Balagov
Scenario
Kantemir Balagov, Aleksandr Terekhov
Image
Ksenia Sereda
Editing
Igor Ivanov
Sound
Stepan Sevastianov
Production
Non-Stop Production (Alexander Rodnyansky), Non-Stop Production (Sergey Melkumov), Michel Merkt
With
Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov, Konstantin Balakirev, Ksenia Kutepova, Olga Dragunova
International sales
Wild Bunch
Contact
Wild Bunch
Kantemir Balagov / Russia, 1991
Filmography
2017 Closeness
2014 First Me