Dmitriy KISELEV Дмитрий КИСЕЛЕВ Dmitri KISSELEV   Russia, 2017, 140 mn  fiction

The Spacewalkers ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Время первых    Le Temps des premiers  Vremia pervyh

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Plot synopsis

60s. The climax of the Cold War. Two superpowers, the USSR and the US are fighting for supremacy in the space race. The USSR is leading, and next is the man’s exit into open space. Two weeks before the launch, a test ship explodes. There is no time to reveal the cause. It doesn’t matter that the risks are huge, we can not cede leadership. A true story of the flight of «Voskhod!2» ship with the first man’s walk to outer space. The re!creation of the dramatic circumstances of the heroic flight and the return home of the crew of Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyaev.
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Renowned Russian actors Mironov, Khabenskiy and Ilyin star in this epic adventure that is based on a true story. During the heat of the Cold War, USSR and the USA competed for supremacy in space. Both superpowers aim to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish this feat, no price is too high and no risk is too great. Now it’s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veteran and a hot-headed test-pilot to fulfil this mission. Two men in a tiny spaceship, without proper testing, facing the complete unknown…They were supposed to do what no man has done before – and no man imagined what would happen next…

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2018

- Russian Film Festival in Niort, Niort (France), 2018

- Days of Russian cinema in Limoges, Limoges (France), 2018

- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2018

- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2018

- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2017

- Festival of Russian cinema in Nice, Nice (France), 2017

- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2017

- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2017

- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2017

- Annual award of the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics, Moscow (Russia), 2017

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2017

- Russian Film Week in London, London (United Kingdom), 2017

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