East of the West - Competition 2013 / Intimnye mesta / Russia 2013
Contemporary Moscow, home to several people who apparently have everything they need to lead a totally carefree life. But they all have their own little secrets.... What do people really need to be happy? An acerbic comedy mélange by a first-time directing duo who employ hyperbole and considerable frankness to address things most of us would rather keep to ourselves.
Contemporary Moscow, home to several people who apparently lead a totally carefree life. They have all acquired status in society, and at first sight seem to have everything they desire. But each of them is lacking something, and each has their own intimate secret. Juxtaposed to them is the central character, a free-thinking photographer named Ivan who believes in absolute freedom... An acerbic comedy mélange about people confronting universal issues from a first-time directing duo who employ hyperbole and considerable frankness to address things most of us would rather keep to ourselves. As the young filmmakers themselves say, it’s not your everyday festival film: "We wanted to make an auteur film that wouldn’t bear the typical characteristics of auteur cinema. A film that doesn’t leave you bored, that has a plot, a film without long, meditative shots..."
80 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director Natasha Merkulova, Alexey Chupov
/ Screenplay Natasha Merkulova, Alexey Chupov
/ Dir. of Photography Mart Taniel
/ Music Alexey Zelensky
/ Editor Ru Hasanov
/ Producer Bakur Bakuradze, Julia Mishkinene, Zaur Bolotaev, Alexandr Plotnikov
/ Production Vita Aktiva
/ Cast Yury Kolokolnikov, Julia Aug, Olesya Sudzilovskaya, Nikita Tarasov, Kseniya Katalymova, Alexey Chupov, Ekaterina Scheglova, Timur Badalbeyly, Dinara Yankovskaya
/ Contact Vita Aktiva, ANT!PODE Sales & Distribution
Natasha Merkulova (b. 1979, Orenburg, Russia) first studied journalism and worked as a television presenter before graduating from the Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directors (2010). As a screenwriter she was involved in the short documentary Cage (2003) and she, herself, directed the short doc Traumatism (2008), which won the Special Jury Prize at the Kinoshok festival. She also shoots music videos and commercials and has collaborated on the screenplays for several television series. The comedy Intimate Parts is her feature film debut, and was co-written and co-directed by Alexey Chupov (1973), the creator of the first Russian internet sitcoms, a screenwriter on several television series and the author of a number of historical TV documentaries.
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Julia Mishkinene
Producer
Natasha Merkulova
Film Director
Alexey Chupov
Film Director
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