Eduard TOPOL
Эдуард ТОПОЛЬ
Edouard TOPOL
Russia, 2010, 52mn 
Colour, documentary
Trumpeter From Russia
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Трубач из России

 

 Trompette de Russie

 Trubach iz Rossii

 
Directed by : Eduard TOPOL (Эдуард ТОПОЛЬ)
Writing credits : Eduard TOPOL (Эдуард ТОПОЛЬ)
Cinematography : Aleksandr KARIUK (Александр КАРЮК), Gennadi KARIUK (Геннадий КАРЮК), Yevgeni SMIRNOV (Евгений СМИРНОВ)
Music : Valery PONOMAREV (Валерий ПОНОМАРЕВ)
Produced by : Eduard TOPOL (Эдуард ТОПОЛЬ)
Production : “ETOFILM. Production centre of Eduard Topol”
 

Plot synopsis
The film is about a legendary jazz trumpeter Valeri Ponomarev. In 1973, Valeri Ponomarev, a 30-year old Moscow musician left like a stalker for the capitalism zone – the USA, while in New York he penetrated into yet another “zone” – he became an acknowledged trumpeter №1 in the world capital of black jazz; for five years he has been playing in “The Jazz Messengers” of Art Blakey - the best jazz orchestra. Today, “twice stalker” Valeri Ponomarev is in the top ten trumpeters of the world. He has a big band in New York and a similar orchestra “The Russian Messengers” in Moscow and pupils in Moscow and New York. The film is about destiny and jazz.
Author of the documentary
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2011
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2011
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2010