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CAPTAIN VOLKONOGOV ESCAPED
KAPİTAN VOLKONOGOV BEZHAL

• Director: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov
• RUSSIA, FRANCE, ESTONIA / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 122’ / Russian; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, Mart Taniel
• Director of Photography: Mart Taniel
• Editing: François Gédigier
• Music: Elena Stroganova, Matis Rei
• Cast: Yuriy Borisov, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Nikita Kukushkin, Vladimir Epifantsev, Anastasiya Ukolova, Natalya Kudryashova, Dmitriy Podnozov, Viktoriya Tolstoganova, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Igor Savochkin
• Producer: Valeriy Fedorovich, Evgeniy Nikishow, Alexander Plotnikov, Katrin Kissa, Charles-Evrard Tchekhoff
• Production Co.: Place of Power, Look Film, Homeless Bob Production, KinoVista
• World Sales: Memento International

2021 Chicago Best Art Direction
2021 El Gouna Bronze Star, NETPAC Award
2021 Gijon Best Film directed by a Woman
2021 Les Arcs Grand Prize of the Jury
2021 Philadelphia Best Narrative Feature
2021 Russian Film Critics Guild Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress
2021 Sochi Best Screenplay, People's Choice

Redemption and forgiveness is universal, especially when speaking about a person who has blood on their hands. 'Can such a person gain a chance at forgiveness? Our film searches for an answer to this question,' says co-director Aleksey Chupov. The titular character, captain of the secret service Fedor Volkonogov, suddenly becomes a suspect himself and is forced to go on the run and hide in the city outskirts. One night he receives a message from Hell, saying that his place there is waiting for him along with eternal torment, but he has one chance at avoiding his fate––receiving the forgiveness of at least one person to whose home he brought death. A post-modernistic parable with the elements of a mystical thriller, the latest by the directors of the series Anna Karenina and the feature The Man Who Surprised Everyone premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.