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Initially, I planned to shoot a documentary about my aunt's journey from Kazakhstan to Russia, to the grave of her grandfather, who died in the Second World War. But when I arrived at the shooting in Petropavlovsk (Kazakhstan) in 2016, I saw her son, my cousin Sasha, with whom we had not communicated for several years. Sasha was a heroin addict. With his appearance in the frame, the focus of my film has shifted. I have followed his life for four years and this is his story.
A story about the life of drug addicts in Kazakhstan and Russia, about their relatives, their struggle, about the difficulties they have to overcome in order to change their lives. (Denis Kovalev)

  • Peter Markichev
    Director
  • Denis Kovalev
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 8 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 21, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Kazakhstan
  • Country of Filming:
    Kazakhstan, Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Full HD
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Peter Markichev, Denis Kovalev

I have graduated VGIK (the cinematography faculty) in 2012, since that i worked as DOP or 1st assistant on russian series and films, also i try to make independent documentary movies about social issues as well as experimental and avant-garde cinema, this is my attempt to look into the more ephemeral and imperceptible matter of the world around me. (Peter Markichev)

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