Pavel RUMINOV
Павел РУМИНОВ
Pavel ROUMINOV
Russia, 2004, 85mn 
Colour, fiction
Silent man
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Человек, который молчал

 

 L'Homme silencieux

 Chelovek, kotoryy molchal

 
Directed by : Pavel RUMINOV (Павел РУМИНОВ)
Writing credits : Pavel RUMINOV (Павел РУМИНОВ)
 
Cast
Olga BONDAREVA (Ольга БОНДАРЕВА)
Mikhail DEMENTIEV (Михаил ДЕМЕНТЬЕВ)
Mikhail EFIMOV (Михаил ЕФИМОВ)
Natalia GDKOVA (Наталья ГУДКОВА)
Regina MIANNIK (Регина МЯННИК)
Dmitry SHVADCHENKO (Дмитрий ШВАДЧЕНКО)
Nikita TARASOV (Никита ТАРАСОВ)
Ivan VOLKOV (Иван ВОЛКОВ)
 
Cinematography : Anatoli LITVAK (Анатолий ЛИТВАК)
Production design : Inna MAYDANOVA (Инна МАЙДАНОВА), Vyacheslav ZAKRACHINSKY (Вячеслав ЗАКРАЧИНСКИЙ)
Music : Oleg CHUBYKIN (Олег ЧУБЫКИН)
Produced by : Ruben DISHDISHIAN (Рубен ДИШДИШЯН)
Production : Central Partnership
 
Site : www.centpart.ru/projects.asp?id=56

Plot synopsis
A webdesigner gets a poisonpen letter: «This Saturday you must fall silent and utter no word till you are allowed to. To follow this instruction is vital for you and for the people whose pain may become a sad illustration of your reckless misbehavior caused by the usual lack of attention toward significant things». When Saturday comes, a webdesigner forgets about that mysterious warning… What comes next? The true meaning of the events will be revealed at the last moment.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Pavel Ruminov : Silent Man (Chelovek, kotoryi molchal), 2005, Anindita BANERJEE, kinokultura.com, 2006
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2005
- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2005
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2005
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2005