- year : 2023
- country : Russia
- timing : 18:29'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Oleg Sirotkin,Lyudmila Pronina
written by Lyudmila Pronina, Oleg Sirotkin
produced by Lyudmila Pronina
DoP Tigran Khachaturyan
music by Stanislav Svintsov
sound by Danila Palatkin, Alexey Asanov
editor Viktor Karpilovsky
production designer Andrey Zamolotsky
cast: Maria Nguyen, Semyon Treskunov, Anatoly Kormanovsky, Artur Pronin
A mother is waiting for her teenage son to return home. She hears cries for help in the yard. She brings an unknown junkee to home. Someone beat him up strongly. She has no idea who this guy really is...
- Sguardi Altrove International Women's Film Festival (2023, Italy, Milan)
- Moscow International Film Festival (2023, Russia, Moscow)
- KIN International Film Festival (2023, Armenia, Yerevan)
Director’s statement
The film is based on true events. We want to draw attention to the difficult situation with alcoholism and drug addiction among young people in Russia. And also, to talk about the tragic, sacrificial role of the mother, who, trying to save her child, is doomed to be seen by him as a ‘bitch’ that’s barring him from his desires and pleasure.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Oleg Sirotkin was born on 26.11.1974 in Russia. In 1996 graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
Lyudmila Pronina was born on 22.04.1960 in Moscow, Russia. In 1985 graduated from the Moscow State Mining University, in 2001 - Lomonosov Moscow State University, in 2017 - Film School directed by A. Mitta as a film director.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2022 - "Bitch", short film \ debut