Dmitry TYURIN
Дмитрий ТЮРИН
Dmitri TIOURINE
Russia, 2013, 102mn 
Colour, fiction
Thirst
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Directed by : Dmitry TYURIN (Дмитрий ТЮРИН)
Writing credits : Andrey GELASIMOV (Андрей ГЕЛАСИМОВ)
 
Cast
Mikhail GRUBOV (Михаил ГРУБОВ) ...Kostya
Roman KURTSYN (Роман КУРЦЫН)
Sergey LAVYGIN (Сергей ЛАВЫГИН)
Aleksey GUSKOV (Алексей ГУСЬКОВ)
Anna BANSHCHIKOVA (Анна БАНЩИКОВА)
Galina BOKASHEVSKAYA (Галина БОКАШЕВСКАЯ)
 
Cinematography : Mark ZISELSON (Марк ЗИСЕЛЬСОН)
Production design : Vladimir SVETOZAROV (Владимир СВЕТОЗАРОВ)
Produced by : Yuri SAPRONOV (Юрий САПРОНОВ)
Production : Russian World Studios
Film revenue in Russia : 0.010130 million dollars
Spectators : 1650
Release date in Russia : 20/02/2014
 

Awards :
Jury Prize Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2015
Audience Award Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2015
Diploma of the Jury Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2013
First prize International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2013
Best actor Mikhail GRUBOV , Roman KURTSYN , Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2013
Best Screenplay Andrey GELASIMOV , Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2013
Best first film Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2013

Plot synopsis
Screen adaptation of the novella “Thirst” by Andrei Gelasimov.
Kostya’s life is divided into two parts: before Chechnya and after. And it’s not at all about the war, but during the last fight he suffered serious burns in his tank. His friends rescued him, pulling him from the tank, and the doctors saved his life. But there’s nothing left in Kostya’s life: there’s just him and his disfigured appearance. Now he lives alone, quenches his thirst with vodka and makes drawings. Kostya is afraid of the world outside, as much as the world is afraid of him. With the disappearance of his army friend Sergei a strange mechanism is set in motion, thanks to which Kostya restores his life. Together with his friends he launches a search for his comrade. He sorts out his relationship with the father, who abandoned him when he was a child. He understands that he is still needed in this world. And his irrepressible desire to live finds expression in his drawings.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2015
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2015
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2014
- Independant European Film Festival VOICES, Vologda (Russia), 2014
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2014
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2013
- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2013
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2013
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2013

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