Dmitry DAVYDOV
Дмитрий ДАВЫДОВ
Dmitri DAVYDOV
Russia, 2019, 115mn 
fiction
There is no God but me
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Нет бога кроме меня

 

 Le Seul Dieu c'est moi

 Net boga krome menya

 
Directed by : Dmitry DAVYDOV (Дмитрий ДАВЫДОВ)
Writing credits : Dmitry DAVYDOV (Дмитрий ДАВЫДОВ)
 
Cast
Pyotr SADOVNIKOV (Пётр САДОВНИКОВ)
Zoya BAGYNANOVA (Зоя БАГЫНАНОВА)
 
Cinematography : Ivan SEMYONOV (Иван СЕМЕНОВ)
Music : Sergey YARMONOV (Сергей ЯРМОНОВ)
Produced by : Sardana SAVVINA (Сардана САВВИНА), Semyon SHIMIGIN (Семён ШИМИГИН)
 

Awards :
Special Jury prize Pyotr SADOVNIKOV , "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2019

Note :
A film that both warms and breaks your heart, set in the ice-cold Russian region Yakutia. With a signature style, amateur actors and great sensitivity, Davydov depicts the relationship between an adult son and his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer.

Plot synopsis
Ruslan, age 40, lives with his mother Maria in a settlement in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Their life is becoming all the more challenging as Maria's Alzheimer disease progresses. One day Ruslan is called back from work because his mother is threatening the neighbors with a shotgun. The dilemmas pile up. How to best care for his mother? How much should he be willing to sacrifice of his own life, love and family, to keep Maria safe ? https://www.tiff.no/en/film/88145a5e-3514-4530-abae-fbd3f4d3dced
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Жить, чтобы жить: три с половиной фильма Дмитрия Давыдова [Trois films et demi du réalisateur yakoute Dmitri Davydov], Сергей АНАШКИН, kinoart.ru, 2023
Quatre films de Iakoutie à regarder au plus vite en ligne, Nikolaï KORNATSKI, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Новое якутское кино в 12 фильмах [Le nouveau cinéma yakoute en 12 films], Anton DOLIN, Елена СЛАТИНА, Сергей АНАШКИН, Алиса ТАЁЖНАЯ, Анна ЗАКРЕВСКАЯ, Кюнней ФИЛИППОВА, Евгений МАЙЗЕЛЬ, Егор БЕЛИКОВ, Ева ИВАНИЛОВА, Егор КАРПОВ, kinoart.ru, 2022
Dmitrii Davydov: No God Except Me (Net boga krome menia, 2019), Sergei ANASHKIN, kinokultura.com, 2020
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- The Cinema of Sakha (Yakutia), kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Tromso International Film Festival : TIFF, Tromso (Norway), 2021
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2020
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2019

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