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The First Death (2018) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 29, 2018

Original Title:
Первая смерть

Alternate Titles:
Pervaya smert

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
VGIK

Production Countries:
Russia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 20

Overview from TheMovieDB

A film about how we imagine and portray death. Our heroes are the most diverse people who have been asked to go through all the stages of death, from dying to existence “on the other side.” This study of fear and laughter - the two main reactions of man to the approach of death. Death as a collective (what will happen to everyone) and individual (what will happen to you). What is special about the attitude to death in Russia? Do we know enough about this most important event in life - death? The film creates a kind of catalog, a "herbarium" of human reactions, fears and hopes that there is life after death.

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Production

Administration:
Natalya Svyatovets

Director:
Artem Firsanov

Director of Photography:
Alena Martynyuk

Editor:
Alexandra Feshchuk

Makeup Designer:
Olga Martynyuk

Music:
Frédéric Chopin
August Nörmiger

Producer:
Valery Pecheykin

Production Design:
Yuliya Staroverova
Nadezhda Levitina

Screenplay:
Valery Pecheykin

Sound Director:
Mikhail Tyukalin

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