Yuri FETING
Юрий ФЕТИНГ
Youri FETING
Russia, 2005, 105mn 
Colour, fiction
Myths of My Childhood
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Мифы моего детства

 

 Les Mythes de mon enfance

 Mify moego detstva

 
Directed by : Yuri FETING (Юрий ФЕТИНГ)
Writing credits : Yuri FETING (Юрий ФЕТИНГ), Andrey KRAVCHUK (Андрей КРАВЧУК)
 
Cast
Denis KASIMOV (Денис КАСИМОВ)
Anjelika NEVOLINA (Анжелика НЕВОЛИНА)
Irina PETRAKOVA (Ирина ПЕТРАКОВА)
Klim ZVEZDIN (Клим ЗВЕЗДИН)
 
Cinematography : Sergey YURIZDITSKY (Сергей ЮРИЗДИЦКИЙ)
Production design : Vladislav ORLOV (Владислав ОРЛОВ)
Editing : Raisa LISOVA (Раиса ЛИСОВА), Leda SEMENOVA (Ледa СЕМЕНОВА)
Produced by : Viktor IZVEKOV (Виктор ИЗВЕКОВ)
Production : Lenfilm, Sever
Release date in Russia : 03/2006
 
format : 35 mm

Plot synopsis
The story takes place in a small village on the beach of Sea of Azov at the beginning of 1960-s.
Adolescents passionately dream of love about which they have heard from their elder experienced friends. A 16 year-old Ignat is the first to find out what the real feeling is. His love for an adventuress who pretends to be a singer from capital becomes destructive. It is a story of first love and treachery.
Funny and incredible local myths and legends which are related to the cult of ancient settlings are interlaced with the plot. Three thousand years ago on the place of this seaside village a chancel of a pagan Death Goddess was located and natives till today believe that every hundred years she turns back for new victims.
Unique world of childhood is created in this poetic film
An extraordinary visual magic of the film, lyricism and profound philosophic message which is put in the tragicomedy reminds us epical poetry of Paradzanov and Kusturitsa.
Source : www.lenfilm.ru
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2009
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2006
- Festival of Festivals, St Petersburg (Russia), 2006
- Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2005