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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 09/10/2024
4/5
Immortalised in these bittersweet snapshots of euphoria and torment, Morev and his extraordinary spirit live on in Syroechkovskaya’s tender gaze. Go to Full Review Jonathan Romney Screen International 04/14/2022
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. Go to Full Review Shane Slater Awards Radar 12/29/2022
3/4
At once deeply personal and socially relevant, How to Save a Dead Friend is a powerful statement. Go to Full Review Luis Vélez Cinencuentro 12/14/2022
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] Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Marusya Syroechkovskaya

Director

Sergey Martynov

Narrator

Marusya Syroechkovskaya

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Kirill Morev

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Kimi Morev

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Marusya Syroechkovskaya

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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
Docs Vostok, Lyon Capitale TV, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Folk Films, Les Films du Tambour de Soie, Sisyfos Film Production
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Russian
Runtime
1h 44m
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