Sleeping Souls
( Les )

Alexander Abaturov
2012 - 51 min - HDV - Couleur - France

Atchinsk, Siberia, four thousand kilometres from Moscow. In an apartment block at the edge of town, the inhabitants pass each other on the staircase, hesitating to talk about this presidential campaign under way. Outside, the city rhythm is set by the cold. Only the radio talks about the anti-government demonstrations going on in the capital. These images of a sleepy city are intercut with those of paid militants for Putin's party. Around a glass of vodka, Iouri, political mercenary working for United Russia, coolly explains the mechanics of the system. The staging of democratic life is transformed into theatre...

Élection | Russie


Author-Director : Alexander Abaturov
Author : Vincent Sorrel
Photography : Artem Petrov
Sound : Alexander Kalachnikov
Editing : Luc Forveille
Delegate Producer : Petit à Petit production
Co-producer : À vif cinémas
Broadcasting Co-producer : Lyon Capitale TV
Broadcasting Co-producer : Vosges Télévision Images Plus
Contribution : Procirep, Angoa-Agicoa, Région Île-de-France, Scam - Brouillon d'un rêve, CNC. COSIP

Distribution


Distributor : Andana films
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
VOD : Universciné
Disponible au Club du doc

Distinctions

2014 - Scam, Paris (France) : Étoile de la Scam
2013 - Cinéma du réel, Paris (France) : Prix de l’Institut français
2013 - Les Écrans Documentaires, Arcueil (France) : Sélection
2013 - États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (France) : Séance spéciale
2013 - Traces de Vies, Clermont-Ferrand (France) : Catégorie 1er film professionnel
2013 - FIFAM - Festival International du Film d'Amiens, Amiens (France) : Sélection
2013 - CorsicaDoc - Festival international du film documentaire d'Ajaccio, Ajaccio (France) : Sélection