Aleksey MURADOV
Алексей МУРАДОВ
Alekseï MOURADOV
Russia, 2001, 73mn 
Colour, fiction
Zmey
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Змей

 

 Le Cerf-volant

 Zmey

 
Directed by : Aleksey MURADOV (Алексей МУРАДОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksey MURADOV (Алексей МУРАДОВ)
 
Cast
Nadezhda OZEROVA (Надежда ОЗЕРОВА)
Mikhail PAZNIKOV (Михаил ПАЗНИКОВ)
Viktor SOLOVYOV (Виктор СОЛОВЬЁВ)
Pavel ZOLOTILIN (Павел ЗОЛОТИЛИН)
 
Cinematography : Robert FILATOV (Роберт ФИЛАТОВ)
Production design : Evgeniy POTAMOSHNEV (Евгений ПОТАМОШНЕВ)
Sound : Leonid POROKHNYA (Леонид ПОРОХНЯ)
Production : M2F
 
Site : IMDb
Awards :
Best first film Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2002
Best first film Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2002
First prize, Debut Films, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2002
FIPRESCI Prize, Debut Films, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2002
Plot synopsis
As an executioner for the state, a father kills in order to buy his son more time to live. The boy, who dreams of flying a kite with his father, is an invalid desperately in need of an operation the executioner cannot afford.
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Festival "All our German", Moscow (Russia), 2010
- Angers Festival Premiers Plans, Angers (France), 2004
- Russian film festival in Sweden 'KinoRiurik', Stockholm (Sweden), 2004
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2002
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2002
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2002