THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE
by Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov
synopsis
Egor is a fearless state forest guard in the Siberian Taiga. He is a good family man, respected by his fellow villagers. He and his wife Natalia 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. Egor chooses to take the identity of a woman as a way of fighting the disease. His family and the local society now have to accept his new self.
international title: | The Man Who Surprised Everyone |
original title: | Tchelovek kotorij udivil vseh |
country: | Russia, Estonia, France |
sales agent: | Pluto Film |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | EE 11/01/2019, FR 20/03/2019 |
screenplay: | Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov |
cast: | Evgeniy Tsyganov, Natalya Kudryashowa, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Vasiliy Popov, Pavel Maykov, Aleksey Filimonov, Elena Voronchikhina, Maksim Vitorgan |
cinematography by: | Mart Taniel |
film editing: | Vadim Krasnitsky |
art director: | Sergey Avstrievskikh |
costumes designer: | Anna Bartuli |
music: | Andrey Kurchenko |
producer: | Katia Filippova, Katrin Kissa, Alexander Rodnyansky, Guillaume De Seille |
production: | Homeless Bob Production, Arizona Films Productions, Pan-Atlantic Studio (RU), Non Stop Production (RU) |
distributor: | BestFilm.eu OÜ, JHR Films |