Alex created a program that can project man’s dreams onto the screen. Though it’s only a ploy in order to attract attention to “himself precious”. Alex films his dreams with a video camera. But here Lubov comes into the shot: Is she a killer or a friend? A man or a woman? Reality or a nightmare? Much in this film looks like a biography of the 1970s-1980s dissenting youth who subconsciously equated their hatred for the regime with love for the country. The film is made to look like a dream. A chaotic, dangerous, shocking, tongue-in-cheek, mocking, surrealistic dream. Now you’re being soothingly rocked, now you get hit on the head, and once again you are rocked, this time anticipating with some trepidation another blow.
The breathtaking soundtrack unites Bach with Grebenshchikov, Vivaldi with Tom Waits, Puccini with “Elsa’s Ocean”, jazz with folklore.



Awards:
• “Kinotavr”, 2001 – Best Actress Award to Olga Konskaya
• Berlin IFF, 2001 – “Forum of New Cinema” Program
• Rotterdam IFF, 2001 – “World’s Best Films” Program
• Sundance, 2002 – “World’s Best Films” and “Trailblazers” Sections
• Festival of Independent Cinema in Barcelona, 2001 – Special Jury Prize to the cinematographers “for sensitivity and creativity in building up magic energy”


Special features:
• Interviews with screenwriter/director A. Nekrasov, actress/producer O. Konskaya, composer A. Marchenko
• “Elsa’s Ocean” Band video clip
• Filmographies
• Photo album
• Soon on DVD

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Aleks izobrel programmu, sposobnuyu proecirovat' chelovecheskie sny na e'kran. Vprochem, e'to tol'ko ulovka dlya privlecheniya vnimaniya k "sebe, lyubimomu". Svoi sny Aleks snimaet na videokameru. No vot v ob'ektive poyavlyaetsya Lyubov': ubiyca ili drug? Muzhchina ili zhenschina? Real'nost' ili koshmar? Mnogoe v fil'me biografichno dlya pokoleniya dissidentstvuyuschey molodezhi 70-80-h, podsoznatel'no otozhdestvlyavshey nenavist' k sisteme s lyubov'yu k Rodine. Kartina snyata kak son. Haotichnyy, opasnyy, shokiruyuschiy, nasmeshlivyy, glumlivyy, syurreal'nyy son. To tebya legko pokachivaet, to kak sharahnet po bashke, i vnov' pokachivaet, no uzhe zhdesh' s nekotorym trepetom novogo udara. Golovokruzhitel'nyy saundtrek ob'edinyaet Baha s Grebenschikovym, Vival'di - s Tomom Ve'ytsom, Puchchinn - s "Okeanom Elzi", dzhaz - s fol'klorom.


Nagrady:
• «Kinotavr», 2001 - priz «Za luchshuyu zhenskuyu rol» Olge Konskoj
• MKF v Berline, 2001 – programma «Forum novogo kino»
• MKF v Rotterdame, 2001 – programma «Luchshie filmy mira»
• Sandens, 2002 - sektsii «Luchshie filmy mira» i «Pervoprohodtsy»
• Festival Nezavisimogo Kino v Barselone, 2001 – Spetsialnyj priz zhyuri operatoram «Za chutkost i kreativnost na puti sozdaniya magicheskoj energii»


Dopolnitelnye materialy (Bonus-trek):
• Intervyu s rezhisserom A. Nekrasovym, aktrisoj O. Konskoj, kompozitorom A. Marchenko
• Muz. klip gruppy "Okean Elzy"
• Filmografii
• Fotoalbom
• Smotrite na DVD

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