PALMYRA

ПАЛЬМИРА

By Ivan BOLOTNIKOV

PROLINE FILM - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2020

When Arthur learns that his daughter has escaped in order to “battle with the world of lies and vices”, he follows her suit. He is adamant in his belief that anyone can be saved by love alone. However, will his fatherly love win the battle against cruelty and blind fanaticism?

Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2020
Flash Forward
Int'l Film Fest. Of india, Goa 2021
ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama, Second film
    • Countries
    • RUSSIA
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN, ARABIC
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ivan BOLOTNIKOV
    • Writer(s)
    • Ivan BOLOTNIKOV, Vyacheslav RYBAKOV, Denis GUTSKO
    • Producer(s)
    • Andrey SIGLE (Proline Film)
    • Synopsis
    • The film is based on a true story. Arthur, a former military doctor, leads the quiet life of a widower in a mountain village in Dagestan. Arthur learns that his only daughter Maryam has been recruited by a terrorist organization and ran away to Syria. Desperate, Arthur goes after her. The father is willing to do anything it takes to save his daughter. When do your loved ones become strangers? Can a loving father be faced with a choice: saving his own daughter or somebody else’s?