The charismatic religious leader Vissarion lives in an isolated Siberian village and calls himself Christ who has reborn. A religious sect consisting of thousands of followers has gathered around him, including Dmitri the bellringer and his wife Sveta who moved to the community with her three children from Saint Petersburg a few years ago. Magomed, the biological father of the children, writes a complaint letter to the administration of the President of Russia and insists that his children should be given back to him. Director Arbo Tammiksaar with his family moved to the Vissarions' village for a year. He followed ...
Director: Arbo Tammiksaar | Jaak Kilmi
Main Data
View all| Production Firm(s) | Film Tower, Making Movies (Finland) |
| Film Category | Documentary, Observation |
| Text / Dialogue | Russian |
| Subtitles | English, Estonian |
| Duration | 85:40 |
Crew
View all| Producer | Margus Õunapuu | Kaarle Aho |
| Co-producer | Tuuli Roosma | Uku Toomet |
| Director | Arbo Tammiksaar | Jaak Kilmi |
| Cinematographer | Arbo Tammiksaar | Jaak Kilmi | Meelis Veeremets | Madis Luik |
| Composer | Andre Pichen |
| Sound Designer | Markku Tiidumaa | Kaur Kask |
| Editor | Mirjam Jegorov | Riitta Poikselkä |
First releases
View all- on filmfestival: 28.01.2015, DocPoint Tallinn, Estonia
- in cinema: 01.02.2015, Cinema Artis, Tallinn, Estonia
- in cinema: 13.02.2015, Cinema Cinamon, Tartu, Estonia
Festivals, awards, nominations
View all- Award, Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival (Estonia), 2015, Best Estonian Documentary Film
- Participation, DocPoint Tallinn (Estonia), 2015, Opening film
- Participation, ARTDOCFEST Russian Open Documentary Film Festival (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Russia; Riga, Latvia), 2015
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