ALIVE

A drama depicting the young soldier Kir’s return from Chechnya, where he lost one leg and two comrades. Although his mother and his fiancée are waiting for him at home, his attempts to resume a normal life in provincial Russia are futile – behind him lies a journey in the course of which he struck dead a corrupt officer and suffered an accident that brought about an appearance by the ghosts of his dead comrades. And the spectres have stayed faithfully by his side ever since. Some highly comic situations occur as a result, but the question remains: Is not Kir himself one of the undead? Alternately light and serious in tone, the film – which won the Best Screenplay Award at Sochi – asks what it means to be alive in the first place. Visiting goEast: Sitora Alieva, artistic director of FF Kinotavr Sochi, and producer Sergej Chliyants.