Yuri ZAYTSEV
Юрий ЗАЙЦЕВ
Youri ZAÏTSEV
Russia, 2025, 102mn 
fiction
Gandhi was silent on Saturdays
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Ганди молчал по субботам

 

 Gandhi se taisait le samedi

 Gandi molchal po subbotam

 
Directed by : Yuri ZAYTSEV (Юрий ЗАЙЦЕВ)
Writing credits : Yelizaveta TSYGANOVA (Елизавета ЦЫГАНОВА), Yuri ZAYTSEV (Юрий ЗАЙЦЕВ)
Based on the play of the same name by Anastasia Bukreeva.
 
Cast
Mark EYDELSHTEYN / EDELSTEIN (Марк ЭЙДЕЛЬШТЕЙН)
Darya EKAMASOVA (Дарья ЕКАМАСОВА)
Viktoria TOLSTOGANOVA (Виктория ТОЛСТОГАНОВА)
Evgeniy KORYAKOVSKY (Евгений КОРЯКОВСКИЙ)
Aleksandr PASHUTIN (Александр ПАШУТИН)
 
Cinematography : Fyodor GRADOBOEV (Фёдор ГРАДОБОЕВ), Ayrat YAMILOV (Айрат ЯМИЛОВ)
Production design : Polina SOBOTOVITCH (Полина СОБОТОВИЧ)
Produced by : Nadezhda ANDRIUSHCHENKO (Надежда АНДРЮЩЕНКО), Fyodor BONDARCHUK (Федор БОНДАРЧУК)
 

Plot synopsis
The apocalypse breaks out in Mot's life when his father leaves his family. In protest of his parents' divorce, Mot brings a homeless woman home and declares he will live with her. "Gandhi was silent on Saturdays" says that your real home is not a roof over your head but a person next to you who is able to listen to you.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2026
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2025
- KARO.Art International Festival of Cinéma d'auteur, Different cities (Russia), 2025