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Dreams of the Past
10.0 / 10• 2022• 20m•NR• Russian
DramaHistoryWarMusic
Storyline
A film about peace, love and war. Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in Russia. The film takes place at the end of the summer of 1917, when Russia and the whole world were at a crossroads between two eras. None of the people could even imagine how much his life would change in the very near future. In a strange way, the atmosphere of the film echoes our current reality and what is happening in Russia today. According to the form of visualization, the film belongs to experimental mockumentary cinema. To give greater authenticity to what is happening on the screen, the shooting was carried out on black-and-white negatives of 16 and 35 mm, hand-operated cameras were used and the material was developed in manual spiral tanks. The documentary chronicle of the Kolchak army of 1919 and the White army in the Far East of 1922 is embedded in the finale of the film.
Cast & Crew
Dmitri Frolov
Officer
Lead
Lyudmila Konyaeva
Дама
Sergey Oskolkov
Musician
Olga Kirillova
Marina Tsvetayeva
Dmitri Ivashentsov
Painter
DS
Dmitriy Shibanov
Sailor
Natalya Surkova
A figure emerging from the water
OT
Oriza Triznyak
Cemetery Caretaker
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dmitri Frolov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dreams of the Past is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
