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Мой друг Борис Немцов

My friend Boris Nemtsov

16+

70 min

Russian

English

8
Artdoc rating

I was 22. I worked in the news. The task to shoot Boris Nemtsov was perceived as a challenge: the old narcissistic bourgeois, well, what is interesting about him? He was 53. He was already a graduate student in physics, and vice-premier, and "Boris Yeltsin's heir". And he turned out to be cool, kind and sincere. And we became friends. And then they killed him. This film is about how a big historical context is narrowed down to a small personal story. How acquaintance develops into friendship. Filming news reports for several years in a row, the camera snatched out a little more than it was supposed to, examined it more closely than usual, turning it into a movie. This is a portrait film. Accidental, passing, tragicomic. A look at a living person who plays the role of a big politician all his life. However, he enjoyed this role. Joke after joke, and now you are Nemtsov's bosom friend. I thought Nemtsov was eternal, I thought I could always shoot him. But life decided otherwise. Leaving me with only 70 minutes of a film about a man who is no more. The work was awarded at the International Film Festival of Documentary, Short Feature and Animated Films "Message to Man" - 2016: "Centaur" Prize for the best full-length non-fiction film of the national competition.

Film crew

Director
Zosia Rodkevich
Screen writer
Zosia Rodkevich
Operator
Zosya Rodkevich, Pavel Kostomarov, Maria Pavlova, Ksenia Elyan
Producer
Alexander Rastorguev, Pavel Kostomarov, Maria Gavrilova, Max Tuula

MOVIE ABOUT

Theme
History, Politics, Biography, Portrait
Country
Russia, Estonia
Film studio
РЕАЛЬНОСТЬ, Marx Film
Genre
Drama, Essay
Country of action
Russia
Festivals
Artdocfest 2016, Lavr doc 2016
Financing
Independent
TVPG
16+
Languages
Russian
Subtitles
English

Tags

Немцов
дружба
съемка