Aleksey Mishakov

An actor who performs for a children's theater lands a leading role in a new production.

The self-taught inventor Kostylin, convinced of the expediency of his latest work, this time decided to seek recognition to the end.

He is an actor who does not fit the role. After another failed casting, he decides to hang himself, but even here life makes its own adjustments.

A documentary telling about the life of the most inconspicuous, but ones of the most important people in theatre. Prop masters, make-up artists, costume and lighting designers – they all don’t receive the proper praise.. but on the other hand, where is their creativity? About this and many other secrets of the cult Moscow theatre RAMT in the film by Matvey Nikolaev and Elena Tyukhanova. Filming took place at the Russian Academic Youth Theatre on June 28-29, as well as on November 4 and 6, 2021 in Moscow. Mounting was produced in January 2022. On February 6, a draft version of the film was released, but later the premiere date was postponed to February 16, due to a request to remove the scene of Elena Tyukhanova at the end of the costume part, where she leaves a historical photograph for the students of “Class-Center”, hugging Polina Lashkevich and Marianna Ilyina-Baltika. This version is kept private on YouTube and is 13 seconds longer.

17 ans après la prise d’otages du théâtre Dubrovka, l'une des tragédies majeures du 21ème siècle dans l'histoire de la Russie, Natalia, revient à Moscou pour organiser une soirée commémorative pour les familles des victimes de l'attentat d'octobre 2002. Pourquoi s’est-elle retirée dans un monastère depuis si longtemps ? Pourquoi sa fille la rejette-t-elle ? Quel est le but de sa démarche ?

Ksenia had a painful experience in her past. In the present, she leads a lonely life. She makes ASMR videos for a popular YouTube channel. One of her regular viewers, Philip, invites her to meet in person. For him, ASMR is a fetish; but, for her, it turns into something more.