THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE

ЧЕЛОВЕК, КОТОРЫЙ УДИВИЛ ВСЕХ

By Natasha MERKULOVA, Aleksey CHUPOV

PAN ATLANTIC STUDIO - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2018

Egor is a fearless state forest guard in the Siberian Taiga. He is a good family man, respected by his fellow villagers. But one day Egor ?nds out that he has cancer and only two months left to live. No traditional medicine or shamanic magic can save him.

Festivals
& Awards

Venice - Biennale 2018
Orizzonti Award for Best Actress
Busan - BIFF/APM 2018
Official slection
Tromso IFF 2018
Official selection
Goteborg IFF 2019
Official selection
Rotterdam IFFR 2019
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • RUSSIA, ESTONIA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 104 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Natasha MERKULOVA, Aleksey CHUPOV
    • Producer(s)
    • Katia FILIPPOVA (Pan_Atlantic Studio), Guillaume DE SEILLE (ARIZONA PRODUCTIONS), Katrin KISSA (HOMELESS BOB PRODUCTION), Alexander RODNYANSKYI (NON-STOP PRODUCTION)
    • 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.