- year : 2022
- country : Russia
- timing : 15'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Korney Rokotyan
- production : High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors as a film director
written and produced by Korney Rokotyan
DoP Robert Filatov
music by Sergey Makarchuk
sound by Andrey Manilkin, Andrey Kliminov
editor Georgy Alekseev
production designer Sergey Ovchinnikov
cast: Akilina Sokolova, Irina Abrosimova, Alexander Nazarov, Sergey Beskhlebnov, Anna Bogdan
A girl whose husband has gone missing in a war zone visits a dark and depressing state agency to learn about his fate. In this place, cursed by years of standing in lines and terrible news, one’s perception of reality is distorted, and the ghosts of the past come to life. The protagonist refuses to believe in the ‘fatal document’ received at the office, and leaves the unending queue in search of her beloved herself. She does not care when and where she’ll find him — in this life, or in the afterlife.
- Kinoproba International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools, Special Jury Diploma (2022, Russia, Yekaterinburg)
- Nevsky Blagovest International Film Festival (2022, Russia, Saint Petersburg)
- Russian Festival of Patriotic Cinema "Malaya Zemlya" (2023, Russia, Novorossiysk)
Director’s statement
This is a very simple story about love and separation, through which a reflection on the ‘unresolved’ historical trauma stems and takes root. It’s about the ‘Repentance’. It’s a film reminiscent of Cargo 200. It’s about not finding peace. This is a response to the terrible events taking place in our lives, an attempt to find a point of view through a glance of what life actually is.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Korney Rokotyan was born on 19.01.1975 in Moscow, Russia. In 1992 graduated from the Moscow International Film School. In 2021 graduated joint program of the ARKA Film School and the HSE as a producer. Currently, he is a student at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors as a film director.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2022 - "A Waiting", a short student film
2022 - "A Farewell", short film
2021 - "Memento", short film