Ivan Baturin

“Cinema devoured me” said Lyudmila Kusakova, one of the first women art directors at “Mosfilm”. In her hands the panoply of items found at municipal dumps mutated into magical film sets which became a part the golden fund of our cinema. in her work she enjoyed the support of her husband and mentor mikhail kartashov. he helped lyudmila to find beauty in everyday articles and be ahead of time with her ideas. but dissimilar world views inevitably told on their marriage. can love withstand the tribulations in the family of two creative people for whom art and cinema became the meaning of life?

He is a disgraced director and creator of beauty. After a forced labor camp, Sergei Parajanov, excommunicated from the world of cinema, creates masterpieces out of nothing: he sells myths on the streets of Tbilisi, turns Georgian funerals into theater, and his vegetable garden into a garden of miracles. When all paths are closed, a true artist will find a new one. But this path is also under threat…

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The beginning of the XX century was a turning point in both political and spiritual life. Many avant-gardists are trying to form their own approach to art. Alexander Rodchenko writes the "Last Picture" and puts an end to all fine art. Through design and photography, he becomes a "singer of the new regime." This devotion leads him to the White Sea Channel. Rodchenko becomes a photographer of "reforging" people, turning a blind eye to the horror that is happening.

“Cinema devoured me” said Lyudmila Kusakova, one of the first women art directors at “Mosfilm”. In her hands the panoply of items found at municipal dumps mutated into magical film sets which became a part the golden fund of our cinema. in her work she enjoyed the support of her husband and mentor mikhail kartashov. he helped lyudmila to find beauty in everyday articles and be ahead of time with her ideas. but dissimilar world views inevitably told on their marriage. can love withstand the tribulations in the family of two creative people for whom art and cinema became the meaning of life?

“Cinema devoured me” said Lyudmila Kusakova, one of the first women art directors at “Mosfilm”. In her hands the panoply of items found at municipal dumps mutated into magical film sets which became a part the golden fund of our cinema. in her work she enjoyed the support of her husband and mentor mikhail kartashov. he helped lyudmila to find beauty in everyday articles and be ahead of time with her ideas. but dissimilar world views inevitably told on their marriage. can love withstand the tribulations in the family of two creative people for whom art and cinema became the meaning of life?

“Cinema devoured me” said Lyudmila Kusakova, one of the first women art directors at “Mosfilm”. In her hands the panoply of items found at municipal dumps mutated into magical film sets which became a part the golden fund of our cinema. in her work she enjoyed the support of her husband and mentor mikhail kartashov. he helped lyudmila to find beauty in everyday articles and be ahead of time with her ideas. but dissimilar world views inevitably told on their marriage. can love withstand the tribulations in the family of two creative people for whom art and cinema became the meaning of life?

He is a disgraced director and creator of beauty. After a forced labor camp, Sergei Parajanov, excommunicated from the world of cinema, creates masterpieces out of nothing: he sells myths on the streets of Tbilisi, turns Georgian funerals into theater, and his vegetable garden into a garden of miracles. When all paths are closed, a true artist will find a new one. But this path is also under threat…

He is a disgraced director and creator of beauty. After a forced labor camp, Sergei Parajanov, excommunicated from the world of cinema, creates masterpieces out of nothing: he sells myths on the streets of Tbilisi, turns Georgian funerals into theater, and his vegetable garden into a garden of miracles. When all paths are closed, a true artist will find a new one. But this path is also under threat…

No synopsis available yet.

The beginning of the XX century was a turning point in both political and spiritual life. Many avant-gardists are trying to form their own approach to art. Alexander Rodchenko writes the "Last Picture" and puts an end to all fine art. Through design and photography, he becomes a "singer of the new regime." This devotion leads him to the White Sea Channel. Rodchenko becomes a photographer of "reforging" people, turning a blind eye to the horror that is happening.