How to Save a Dead Friend

CN: Thematization of suicide // What can true love accomplish in an increasingly autocratic country like Russia? In her cinematic diary, Marusya Syroechkovskaya explores this question. Among the “lost generation” of her friends, suicide is on the rise and her beloved Kimi is increasingly addicted to heroin. And Marusya records the development of this relationship over the years with her camera and off-screen comments. Hopelessness and euphoric moments are on an equal footing here. This moving love story shows that life is more than the sum of its parts – without embellishments or sugarcoating. (Anja Klauck)… >>>