The legalized pain

The documentary story of 6 women about family kidnapping in Russia. They haven't seen their children for years. The family kidnapping isn't a crime in Russia.

  • Angelina Podorozhnaya
    Director
  • Angelina Podorozhnaya
    Writer
  • Angelina Podorozhnaya
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Узаконенная боль
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Television
  • Genres:
    Drama, documentary
  • Runtime:
    55 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 1, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    English, Russian
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Film Festival on Human Rights "STALKER"
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    December 13, 2019
    Artdocfest International Festival for Russian-spoken creative documentaries
    Official selection "The Canadian embassy award"
  • International Film Festival on Women Rights "Eight women"
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    March 5, 2020
    Artdocfest International Festival for Russian-spoken creative documentaries
    Official selection "The Rosa Luxembourg Award"
Director Biography - Angelina Podorozhnaya

Angelina Podorozhnaya was born in Siberia, Krasnoyarsk city. She was studying at The High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (the course of Vladimir Menshov, Vladimir Tumaev and Natalya Ryazantseva) from 2015 to 2018. She was director of the short film "The Bitches" (Honorable mention of the competition program of the 24th Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Sacred Anna", 2017), the short documentary "Nicotine virginity" (Participant of the out-of-competition program "Environment" 12th International Documentary Film Festival "ArtDOCFest", 2018; Participant of the 5th International Film Festival "8 women", 2019), the documentary "The legalized pain" (Participant of the competition program "ArtDOCWeb" 13th International Documentary Film Festival "ArtDOCFest", 2019; The Special prize of the Canadian Embassy in the Russian Federation at the 25th International human rights Film Festival "Stalker", 2019; The Special prize of the Rose Luxembourg Fund at the 6th International Film Festival "8 women", 2020), the short documentary "The king-sized Big Tasty" (Participant of the out-of-competition program "Environment" 14th International Documentary Film Festival "ArtDOCFest", 2020-2021), the short documentary "Martha Is in August" (Participant of the out-of-competition program "Environment" 14th International Documentary Film Festival "ArtDOCFest", 2020-2021), the short documentary "The Unfreedom" (Participant of the competition program at the Women Documentary Film Festival "Sisterhud.doc", 2022).

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