Denis RODIMIN
Денис РОДИМИН
Denis RODIMINE
Russia, 2011, 88mn 
Colour, fiction
Chuzhaya mat
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Чужая мать

 

 Mère étrangère

 Chuzhaya mat

 
Directed by : Denis RODIMIN (Денис РОДИМИН)
Writing credits : Denis RODIMIN (Денис РОДИМИН)
 
Cast
Yevgeniya DOBROVOLSKAIA (Евгения ДОБРОВОЛЬСКАЯ)
Svetlana MAMRESHEVA (Светлана МАМРЕШЕВА)
Nikita EMSHANOV (Никита ЕМШАНОВ)
Yelena SERDYUKOVA (Елена СЕРДЮКОВА)
 
Cinematography : Oleg SHUVAEV (Олег ШУВАЕВ)
Production design : Dmitry ONISHCHENKO (Дмитрий ОНИЩЕНКО)
Music : Vladimir_2 KALININ (Владимир_2 КАЛИНИН)
Sound : Artiom FADEEV (Артем ФАДЕЕВ)
Production : Studio Slon, for REN TV
 

Awards :
Best actress Yevgeniya DOBROVOLSKAIA , International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2011
Best directing International Festival of Muslim Cinema, Kazan (Russia), 2011

Plot synopsis
She wares hijab and prays to Allah, but she is Russian. She was called Maria when a child, nowadays she is called Malika. She arrived to Moscow to find her daughter who disappeared without a trace several weeks ago. She tries to save her and along with her – dozens of harmless people.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Festival of Festivals, St Petersburg (Russia), 2013
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
- International Festival of Muslim Cinema, Kazan (Russia), 2011
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2011
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2011
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2011