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How to Save a Dead Friend

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Muzzled by the increasingly autocratic regime of the "Depression Federation", 16-year-old Marusya decides to join her generations' suicide statistics by year's end. Then she meets Kimi and a love story begins between the two millennials caught in the undertow of their oppressive government. Together, Marusya and Kimi film the euphoria, anxiety and misery of their youth, burning the candle at both ends, fueled by drugs and music. When Kimi's addiction threatens to make him fade away forever, Marusya's camera becomes her last chance to save the fragile soul. Filmed over the course of 12 years, How to Save a Dead Friend is a personal cry from the heart, and a message from a silenced generation. It is an unbreakable love story existing in a destructible world.

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Phuong Le Guardian Immortalised in these bittersweet snapshots of euphoria and torment, Morev and his extraordinary spirit live on in Syroechkovskaya’s tender gaze. Rated: 4/5 Sep 10, 2024 Full Review Jonathan Romney Screen International For anyone currently wondering about the condition of nonconformist youth in Russia, Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s How To Save A Dead Friend makes a fascinating watch – although the picture it presents is more than a little desolate. Apr 14, 2022 Full Review Shane Slater Awards Radar At once deeply personal and socially relevant, How to Save a Dead Friend is a powerful statement. Rated: 3/4 Dec 29, 2022 Full Review Luis Vélez Cinencuentro How to Save a Dead Friend is a feat of a film that contains so much personal truth in the quotidian images of an intimate video journal, that it hits the bull's eye in capturing the most startling understanding of a generation... [Full review in Spanish] Dec 14, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Muzzled by the increasingly autocratic regime of the "Depression Federation", 16-year-old Marusya decides to join her generations' suicide statistics by year's end. Then she meets Kimi and a love story begins between the two millennials caught in the undertow of their oppressive government. Together, Marusya and Kimi film the euphoria, anxiety and misery of their youth, burning the candle at both ends, fueled by drugs and music. When Kimi's addiction threatens to make him fade away forever, Marusya's camera becomes her last chance to save the fragile soul. Filmed over the course of 12 years, How to Save a Dead Friend is a personal cry from the heart, and a message from a silenced generation. It is an unbreakable love story existing in a destructible world.
Director
Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Producer
Ksenia Gapchenko, Mario Adamson
Screenwriter
Marusya Syroechkovskaya, Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Production Co
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Les Films du Tambour de Soie, Sisyfos Film Production, Folk Films, Docs Vostok, Lyon Capitale TV
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Russian
Runtime
1h 44m