Nina GUSEVA
Нина ГУСЕВА
Nina GOUSSEVA
Russia, 2021, 76mn 
documentary
Delo
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Дело

 

 The Case

 The Case

 
Directed by : Nina GUSEVA (Нина ГУСЕВА)
Music : Igor VDOVIN (Игорь ВДОВИН)
Produced by : Nina GUSEVA (Нина ГУСЕВА), Marina RAZBEZHKINA (Марина РАЗБЕЖКИНА)
Companies : Marina Razbezhkina Studio
 

Plot synopsis
The demonstrators on the streets of Moscow in July 2019 want just one thing: fair elections. Despite their peaceful protest, 2,700 activists are arrested and hundreds are injured. The active camera places the viewer at the heart of the demonstrations, among the pushing and shoving of the chanting crowds. “You should be protecting us!” shouts a young woman at a soldier, and two big men come and take her away.
This is the setting in which the lawyer Maria Eismont operates. After each demonstration, she turns up at the police station to provide legal assistance to the detainees. One of them is Konstantin Kotov. The authorities claim Kotov has now been arrested on four occasions for the same crime, which means he’s facing a criminal charge. Eismont and her team work tirelessly to disprove this absurd accusation, but the judge still gives him a four-year jail sentence. All her media appearances come to nothing, and each appeal is rejected—until Putin suddenly appears on the scene.
IDFA
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Pune International film Festival. PIFF, Pune (India), 2023
- Novaya Gazeta and Artdocfest Festival, On line (Russia), 2023
- "Jeden Svët" International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World, Prague (Czech Republic), 2022
- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2022
- International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2022
- National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2022
- Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival : IDFA, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2021
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2021