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My Friend Boris Nemtsov

2015 · 70 min

An intimate, quietly absorbing documentary that makes you feel close to a politician as a person, with an undercurrent of loss.

Tagline
An intimate documentary portrait of one of Russia's most influential opposition politicians.
Overview
An intimate portrait of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov — once Deputy Prime Minister and “an heir of President Yeltsin”, later an uncompromising adversary of Putin — that was assassinated near the Kremlin in February 2015. Election campaigns and hotel beds, protest rallies and office routine, train compartments and courtrooms, night walks and police vans – you have never seen any politician so close. This is a story how a journalist assignment turns into a genuine friendship.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Zosya Rodkevich
Starring
Boris Nemtsov, Ilya Yashin, Alexei Navalny, Boris Nadezhdin
Cinematography
Zosya Rodkevich, Pavel Kostomarov
Runtime
70 min
Country
Russia, Estonia
Languages
Russian

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