THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE

ЧЕЛОВЕК, КОТОРЫЙ УДИВИЛ ВСЕХ

By Natasha MERKULOVA, Aleksey CHUPOV

PROVZGLYAD LTD - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, RUSSIA

Drama - Completed 2018


Festivals
& Awards

Busan IFF 2018
Flash Forward
Venice - Biennale 2018
Orizzonti Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • RUSSIA, ESTONIA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Natasha MERKULOVA, Aleksey CHUPOV
    • Writer(s)
    • Natasha MERKULOVA, Aleksey CHUPOV
    • Producer(s)
    • Katia FILIPPOVA (PAN ATLANTIC STUDIO)
    • Synopsis
    • Egor is a fearless state forest guard in the Siberian taiga. He is a good family man, respected by his fellow villagers. He and his wife Natalia are expecting a second child. But one day Egor finds out that he has cancer and only two months left to live. No traditional medicine or shamanic magic can save him. Finally, left with no other options, he takes a desperate attempt to trick death. Egor chooses to take the identity of a woman as a way of fighting the disease. His family and the local society now have to accept his new self.