Anna FENCHENKO
Анна ФЕНЧЕНКО
Anna FENTCHENKO
Russia, 2010, 96mn 
Colour, fiction
Missing Man
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Пропавший без вести

 

 Le Disparu

 Propavshyi bez vesti

Other titles : Подписка о невыезде
 
Directed by : Anna FENCHENKO (Анна ФЕНЧЕНКО)
Writing credits : Natalia REPINA (Наталья РЕПИНА)
 
Cast
Sergey ANISIFOROV (Сергей АНИСИФОРОВ)
Rasim DJAFAROV (Расим ДЖАФАРОВ) ...David
Andrey FILIPPAK (Андрей ФИЛИППАК) ...main character
Lyudmila GEROEVA (Людмила ГЕРОЕВА) ...Valentina
Yulia KAMANINA (Юлия КАМАНИНА) ...Nina
Juris LAUTSINCH (Юрис ЛАУЦИНЬШ)
 
Cinematography : Eduard MOSHKOVICH (Эдуард МОШКОВИЧ)
Produced by : Andrey SIGLE (Андрей СИГЛЕ)
Production : Proline-film
 

Awards :
First prize International Women's Film Festival, Créteil (France), 2011
Best first film Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2010
Prize Cine-Club Federation of Russia International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2010
Special Prize International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2010

Plot synopsis
The main character in this story is a programmer. The protagonists name is irrelevant; we dont find out his name until the end of the film. This man wants nothing to do with the world; he isolates himself from life and defends his small world with rules which seem to suit his way of life. He refuses to get involved in anything. His illusionary independence feels comfortable to him. His life is carefree and he has a vision for his future. He thinks that he is in control of his own fate, but then, quite by accident he becomes incapable of executing his own will. Unable to tolerate his inertia any longer, his life reaches a crisis point, things start to go awry and he becomes absolutely dependant on everyone else. Helpless in the face of his problems he begins to act according to the circumstances in which he finds himself.
MISSING MAN attempts to provide an answer to one single question: what does it mean to be and stay human? This is a story about a man who loses his independence; a man who seeks freedom and tries to find his own ego.
Production notes
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Anna Fenchenko : Missing Man (Propavshii bez vesti, 2010), Vincent BOHLINGER, kinokultura.com, 2010
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Internet-festival "Rossiskaya Gazeta" Dubl DV@, Different cities (Russia), 2012
- International Women's Film Festival, Créteil (France), 2011
- Riga International Film Festival “Arsenals”, Riga (Latvia), 2011
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 2010
- Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw (Poland), 2010
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2010
- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2010
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2010
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2010
- Independant European Film Festival VOICES, Vologda (Russia), 2010
- Festival of Festivals, St Petersburg (Russia), 2010
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2010
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2010
- Kyiv International Film Festival 'Molodist', Kiev (Ukraine), 2010
- Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago (USA), 2010