Sergey POTAPOV
Сергей ПОТАПОВ
Sergueï POTAPOV
Russia, 2009, 14mn 
fiction
The Caprices of Rain
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Причуды дождя

 

 Les Caprices de la pluie

 Prichudy dozhdya

 
Directed by : Sergey POTAPOV (Сергей ПОТАПОВ)
Production : Sakhafilm (Iakoutie)
 

Plot synopsis
This short fiction film can be seen as a moment of poetry, a variation on the universal theme of love and, perhaps even more, of the predestination of beings. An ordinary day in the life of a young Yakut employed in a zoo in northern Siberia.
Every day, to go home, he takes the road that leads to the city. But that day, in the rain, he nearly runs over a young girl, lying across his path. He makes her get into the back of his car. But the mysterious young girl, like an apparition, disappears almost immediately. A kind of game begins between the two young people, of which neither one knows the outcome. Sergei Potapov, director of the Sakha theater, has made a film, where music lightly replaces words.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Semaine de la Sibérie Cinéma et Rencontres, Strasbourg (France), 2012
- Festival international du film polaire, Paris / Lyon (France), 2011