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Completed - RUSSIAN - Drama - 118 minutes

Log Line

“Those who follow the light have only ever invented darkness” (Robert Desnos)




Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
 Writer(s) : Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
 Cast : Petr SKVORTSOV, Victoria ISAKOVA, Julia AUG

 Producer(s) : Ilya STEWART (Hype Film)

Synopsis

Veniamin, a teenager in the midst of a mystical crisis, has his mother, schoolmates and entire high school turned upside down by his questions.
- Can girls go to their swimming classes in bikinis?
- Does sex education have a place in school?
- Should the theory of evolution be taught as part of the Natural Sciences?
The adults are soon overwhelmed by the certitudes of the youngster who swears only by Scripture.
No one but Elena, his biology teacher, will alone challenge him on his own ground.

Production

Country(ies) : RUSSIA

Distributors More info with Europa distribution

COLOMBIA CINE COLOMBIA S
FRANCE Nov 23, 2016 ARP SÉLECTION
GERMANY Jan 19, 2017 NEUE VISIONEN F
GREECE WEIRD WAVE
HUNGARY CINEFIL CO LTD.
ITALY I WONDER PICTUR
LITHUANIA KINO PAVASARIS
NORWAY AS FIDALGO FILM
POLAND Mar 31, 2017 ART HOUSE
TURKEY KURMACA FILM
UKRAINE YEAH! COMPANY


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2016 Un Certain Regard
BFI London FF 2016 Debate
Munich 2016 (Competition)
Karlovy Vary 2016
Brussels Film Festival 2016 (Competition)


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