- year : 2019
- country : Russia
- timing : 11:23'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Alexander Malinin
written by Alexander Malinin, Vladimir Stolbenko
produced by Alexander Malinin
DoP Emelyan Morozov
music by Denis Sivtsev
sound by Andrey Konovalov
editor Alexander Malinin
production designer Lalita Smetanina
cast: Mikhail Salin, Dmitry Maltsev, Lilia Shafeeva
An ex-military officer Alexey suspects his wife in cheating. A friend of him makes him finally believe in this by constantly pointing at all her oddities. Alexey wants to take revenge against his wife and her lover and puts a catchy firing device in his house. Truthfully, Alexey has a mental disorder and his confidence in his wife’s cheating is mistaken. And his “friend “ is a special form of delusion caused by a strong psychological trauma during the military mission. This imaginary friend finally takes control of him. Alexey ‘s doctor helps him to recover consciousness, separating real world from illusionary. Will Alexey be able to save his wife when there are only few seconds left before the explosion?
Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Saint Anna" (2019, Russia, Moscow)
International Film Festival DetectiveFEST, Special Diploma Jury (2019, Russia, Moscow)
Kaliningrad short film festival (2019, Russia, Kaliningrad)
KinoStart International Short Film Festival (2019, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Alexander Malinin was born on 24.07.1980 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. In 2002 graduated from Ural State Technical University. Since 2004 working in foreign IT companies. In 2017 studied at Free Cinema Film School on the course "Author of Cinema" as a film director. At the moment he is working on a new project, continuing distance education in Western and Russian film schools.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2019 - "Buddy", short film / debut