THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE

Director - Natasha Merkulova, Alexey Chupov

Script - Natasha Merkulova, Alexey Chupov

Camera - Mart Taniel

Music - Andrey Kurchenko

With - Evgeniy Tsyganov, Natalya Kudryashova, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Vasiliy Popov, Pavel Maykov, Aleksey Filimonov, Elena Voronchikhina, Maksim Vitorgan

Producer - Katia Filippova

Production - Pan Atlantic Studio

Egor is a fearless state forest guard in the Siberian Taiga. He is a good family man, respected by his fellow villagers and together with his wife Natalia they are expecting a second child. But one day Egor finds out that he has cancer and only two months left to live. No traditional medicine or shamanic magic can save him. Finally, left with no other options, he takes a desperate attempt to trick death. As disguise Egor chooses to take the identity of a woman.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS -

Venice '18 – Horizons Award for Best Actress (Natalya Kudryashova) El Gouna '18 – Special Mention

Program

23.03.2019
DOM NA KINOTO - 18.00 часа
14.03.2019
CULTURE CENTER “G8” - 19.15 часа
17.03.2019
EURO CINEMA - 18.00 часа

Natasha Merkulova, Alexey Chupov

Natasha Merkulova was born in 1979 in Orenburg (Russia). She graduated from the Irkutsk University and from the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors of Moscow. Worked as a presenter on Irkutsk television. In the last few years she is working with co-director Alexey Chupov.

Alexey Chupov was born in 1973 in Moscow, graduated from the Moscow State University, studied Movie History at Wake Forest University in U.S. Started out as a TV journalist. In the last few years he is working with co-director Natasha Merkulova.

FILMOGRAPHY

Natasha Merkulova

2013 Intimate Parts (Intimnye mesta) – co-dir. with Natasha Merkulova
2016 Crisi of Tender Age (Krizis nezhnogo vozrasta) – TV Series, co-dir. with Natasha Merkulova
2018 The Man Who Surprised Everyone (Chelovek, kotoryy udivil vsekh) – co-dir. with Natasha Merkulova

Aleksey Chupov

2013 Intimate Parts (Intimnye mesta) – co-dir. with Natasha Merkulova
2016 Crisi of Tender Age (Krizis nezhnogo vozrasta) – TV Series, co-dir. with Natasha Merkulova
2018 The Man Who Surprised Everyone (Chelovek, kotoryy udivil vsekh) – co-dir. with Natasha Merkulova

THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE / ЧЕЛОВЕК, КОТОРЫЙ УДИВИЛ ВСЕХ

Russia-Estonia-France, 2018, 105′, color, movie

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS -

Program

Natasha Merkulova, Alexey Chupov