Boris YUKHANANOV
Борис ЮХАНАНОВ
Boris YOUKHANANOV
USSR, 1988, 85mn 
fiction
Sumasshedshyy Esfir
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 Mad Prince Esther

 Le Prince fou Esther

 
Directed by : Boris YUKHANANOV (Борис ЮХАНАНОВ)
Writing credits : Boris YUKHANANOV (Борис ЮХАНАНОВ)
Produced by : Boris YUKHANANOV (Борис ЮХАНАНОВ)
Companies : World Theatre Theatre of Video, Cine-Fantom
 
format : Video
Site : www.cinefantom.ru

Plot synopsis
Experimental video. Third chapter in the cycle "A Videonovel in 1000 Tapes. The Mad Prince " (1986-2007).
In order to shoot an episode for the video-novel "The Mad Prince", Boris Yukhananov, together with his friends Tauz, Salakh, Nadia and Olya, visited Nikita on a film expedition near Pskov. On the way they encounter the tragic story of the Chechen people, interwoven with the biblical story of the Book of Esther, video mixed with cinema, love mixed with death, sun with night and happiness with tears.
Premiere: Rotterdam IFF (programme "Cine Fantom Day"), 2006.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2011
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2006
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2006