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Scenes From the Life оf a Provincial Comedian (0+)

Russia, 1997, b/w, 53 min.
Director: Pavel Petchenkin
When an ambitious dream of a guy from province about actor’s career meets cruel reality, his life very often turn into a tragedy. But if a person is comedian by nature? To what kind of play he will be put by this dramatic life? The film’s plot is build on the traditional for the Russian provincial theater conflict: a comedian who dreams of Hamlet’s part...

AWARDS

Номинация фестиваля “Россия”, Екатеринбург, 1997; номинация Международного фестиваля “Послание к человеку”, Санкт-Петербург; 1998.

Pavel Petchenkin

Pavel Petchenkin

was born in 1956. When he was young he created slide-films and experimental video-poetic theatre. From 1985 he was assistant director at «Permtelefilm». In 1987 he founded one of the first independent film studios in USSR – Novy Kurs (New Course). He has made over 40 films as a director and producer. Petchekin has been awarded multiple international film festivals’ prizes. He is the initiator for creating in Perm and Perm Krai a system of media-education. He is the President of IDFF Flahertiana, a member of Russian Filmmakers Union, member of Russian Film Academy.

FILMOGRAPHY

«Thirst», 1989; «House With Windows In Silence», 1990, «Favourite», 1991, «Satan’s Ashes», 1992, «Makariev’s Day», 1992; «About Olya in Captivity», 1993; «Man Who Put Idea In», 1993; «Story of Tyurin, artist and victim», 1994; «Winner», 1995; «Game», 1997; «Pictures from the provincial comic’s life», 1997; «Volunteer Kats and Others», 2000; «Drug Addiction the Russian Way», 2000; «Love is all We Need», 2001; «Two Sons of Yaziili Kalimova. Winskaya Melodrama», 2002; «Vacation», 2004; «Alien Children», 2005; «Enthusiast’s travels», 2007; «Dancing Lesson», 2007; «Excursion», 2008; «Perm/PERMM», 2010; «Days of Red Angels», 2012, «Varlam Shalamov. Experience of a Youth», 2014.
Russia, 1997, b/w, 53 min.
Director: Pavel Petchenkin
When an ambitious dream of a guy from province about actor’s career meets cruel reality, his life very often turn into a tragedy. But if a person is comedian by nature? To what kind of play he will be put by this dramatic life? The film’s plot is build on the traditional for the Russian provincial theater conflict: a comedian who dreams of Hamlet’s part...

AWARDS

Номинация фестиваля “Россия”, Екатеринбург, 1997; номинация Международного фестиваля “Послание к человеку”, Санкт-Петербург; 1998.