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Thematic programmes - Looking for Homeland
Crew:
Director: Alexander Rastorguev
Screenplay: Alexander Rastorguev, Vitaly Mansky, Susanna Baranzhieva
DOP: Edward Kechedzhiyan, Pavel Kostomarov
Production: Studio Vertov, MA. JA. DE. Filmproduktion GmbH
Screenplay: Alexander Rastorguev, Vitaly Mansky, Susanna Baranzhieva
DOP: Edward Kechedzhiyan, Pavel Kostomarov
Production: Studio Vertov, MA. JA. DE. Filmproduktion GmbH
Set in a Summer beach on the Black Sea coast, this documentary takes us into the indulgences of those who travel there to be naked before themselves and their desires. Through people’s stories, this documentary establishes a portrait of kindness, malice, love, life and death that shape an image of humanity in the modern world.
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Original Title:
Zhar nezhnykh. Dikiy, dikiy plyazh -
Country:
Russia, Germany -
Year:
2005 - 174 min Subtitles EN
Crew:
Director: Alexander Rastorguev
Screenplay: Alexander Rastorguev, Vitaly Mansky, Susanna Baranzhieva
DOP: Edward Kechedzhiyan, Pavel Kostomarov
Production: Studio Vertov, MA. JA. DE. Filmproduktion GmbH
Screenplay: Alexander Rastorguev, Vitaly Mansky, Susanna Baranzhieva
DOP: Edward Kechedzhiyan, Pavel Kostomarov
Production: Studio Vertov, MA. JA. DE. Filmproduktion GmbH
Director
Alexander Rastorguev

Alexander Rastorguev was a Russian director born in 1971. After finishing his studies at the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, Rastorguev worked as a television director, later being fired for shooting his documentary Clean Thursday (2004). In 2001 he formed Kino Studios. Rastorguev passed in 2018, killed whilst shooting his new documentary, leaving behind a career of internationally acclaimed documentaries, such as The Term (2014) and Electing Russia (2018).