- year : 2023
- country : Russia
- timing : 14:03'
- genre : fiction film
- production : THE ONE FILM
written by Alexander Polyanitsin
directed by Miroslava Chernyshova
produced by Valentina Bespalaya, Vitaly Nakushnov
DoPs Anton Dorushenkov, Alexander Schneider
music by Stepan Slavin
sound by Anatoly Fedorov, Anton Zalygin, Philip Trumptokais
editors Alexander Schneider, Vitaly Nakushnov, Maya Vranova
production designer Yulia Korotkova
cast: Evdokia Lavrukhina, Miroslava Chernyshova, Anton Bystryakov, Sergey Zakharov, Anastasia Yerdokhina, Evgenia Arzhaeva, Lyudmila Gavrilova, Anastasia Baranova, Egor Sheremetyev, Maxim Palagnyuk, Alexandra Kim, Pascal Ndeh, Maya Vranova
A shady type unsuccessfully searches for a book that he dreamed about. Following his obsession, he meets a librarian - a certified mentally ill woman. She claims that she knows how to help him, but sets a high price ... Together they go to the house of a mysterious old man. What to expect from this trip? Answers to tormenting questions? The book? Or death itself?
- Golden Phoenix National Film Festival of actors-directors (2023, Russia, Smolensk)
Director’s statement
The script captivated me with its philosophical theme, and the idea that you are not writing a book, but the book chooses you. This idea stuck in my head. The protagonist's obsession with the book is both intriguing and frightening. And I wanted people to think about their desires… after they watch this film.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Miroslava Chernyshova was born on 25.03.1989 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In 2021 she graduated from the Film School THE ONE FILM as film director. In 2022, she participated in the Garage film campus and shot a film «The Unwritten Book».
FILMOGRAPHY:
2023 - «The Unwritten Book», short film \ debut
2021 - «Near the water», short student film