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Graffiti

Russia
2006, 125min.

Prod.: Maxim Khusainov, Script/Dir.: Igor Apasyan, Dir. of Phot.: Radik Askarov, Compos.: Alexey Shelgin, Sound: Vasiliy Filatov, Art. Dir.: Nadejda Butorina, Sergey Karpenko, Edit.: Vitaliy Shurov.
Cast: Andrey Novikov, Sergey Potapov, Larisa Guzeeva, Viktor Perevalov etc..

The hero of film, the young student of capital art school, at leisure takes a great interest in drawing on walls - graffiti art. To make degree work he leaves from Moscow for a province, one of rural settlements, where people live other life, which is distinct from Moscow. Among unusual inhabitants of this village, personifying all Russia, Andrey gradually realizes, that it is possible to become the true character and the accomplished artist only having understood a pain and sufferings of his people. The feature film «Graffiti» tells about the present and how today the youth perceives war and memory of victims.

Apasyan, Igor

Igor Apasyan (born 06.10.1952, Tbilisi, Georgia)
He graduated from Moscow Institute of cinematography (master – Marlen Khutsiev).

Filmography
Morning train (1982), The old salt (1991), Maroseika Street, 12 (1995), Dandelion Wine (1997), Angel’s days, (2003), Graffiti (2005)

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The European Cultural Foundation