Maksim KOBZEV
Максим КОБЗЕВ
Maksim KOBZEV
Russia, 2016, 60mn 
documentary
Menia ukusila akula
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Меня укусила акула

 

 I Was Bitten by a Shark

 J'ai été mordu par un requin

 
Directed by : Maksim KOBZEV (Максим КОБЗЕВ)
Writing credits : Maksim KOBZEV (Максим КОБЗЕВ)
Cinematography : Maksim KOBZEV (Максим КОБЗЕВ)
Produced by : Maksim KOBZEV (Максим КОБЗЕВ)
 

Awards :
Best documentary International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2016

Plot synopsis
After his divorce, Oleg, the hero of the film, decided to commit suicide and for this purpose volunteered to go to war. Oleg enthusiastically talks about this life that has become close and understandable to him. Having stepped on a mine, Oleg ends up in the hospital and returns home. But at home, Oleg, disappointed, understands that no one takes him for a hero, on the contrary, he is marginalized by society. So he has only one solution: to return to the combat zone.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2017
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2016