Experiencing Interruptions?

There once was a man

A young man suffering from a severe mental illness, in which fictional and real, present and past interfere in his mind, is trying to understand or remember what happened to his only friend, who disappeared for an unknown reason.

  • Nuriya Urazdildeeva
    Director
  • Vladimir Sazonov
    Key Cast
    "Protagonist"
  • Valeria Fomicheva
    Director of Photography
  • Ariana Sekth
    Sound Designer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Жил был человек
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 51 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 15, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    4,800 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - VGIK
Director Biography - Nuriya Urazdildeeva

She was born in Saint Petersburg.
Author of poetry and prose.

Laureate of literary competitions:

"The Northern Muse" (2015; 2016; 2017; 2018)

"Creativity of the young" (2015; 2016; 2017; 2018)

Author of the collection of poems "SIX"

Included in the collection of the best participants of the competition "North Muse"

Published in the magazine "Scarlet Sail" Anichkov Palace.

In 2020 she entered the workshop of Sergei Solovyov in VGIK

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Director Statement

The film tells about the acute feeling of loneliness experienced by almost every person suffering from mental illness. In this state, a person is vulnerable: he loses his understanding of time and space, understanding important concepts such as death. Such a person exists outside of time and space, somewhere in the depths of his own subconscious.

Is it a disadvantage or an advantage? After all, sometimes each of us wants to forget about something forever.