Sofya Reznik

Russie, 19ème siècle. Antonina Miliukova, jeune femme aisée et brillante, épouse le compositeur Piotr Tchaïkovski. Mais l’amour qu’elle lui porte tourne à l’obsession et la jeune femme est violemment rejetée. Consumée par ses sentiments, Antonina accepte de tout endurer pour rester auprès de lui.

The storyline touches on the eternal theme: “Fathers and Sons”. The ability to bear responsibility for their actions and the ability to answer for them. The language of the film’s narration is non-linear; it is conducted on behalf of our protagonist, Timothy. The hero is trying to build a chronology of events, but he manages to do this only at the end of the film. Throughout history, the hero and I collect the “puzzle of events” of the last years of his life. Timothy was completely lost in the noisy big city, in his temptations, but gradually he finds a solution to his problems and grows up.

In Moscow, two skinheads kill homosexual men while being in a sexual relationship with one another. Based on a true story, the film inquires about masculinity, identity, and a sense of belonging in contemporary Russia.