How to Save a Dead Friend

How to Save a Dead Friend

2023 · 103 min · ★ 6.2 · Documentary, Drama

Marusya is 16 and, like many Russian teenagers, is determined to end her life. Then she meets her soulmate in another millennial, Kimi. They spend a decade filming the euphoria and anxiety, the happiness and misery of their youth, muzzled by a violent and autocratic regime in the midst of a “depressed Russia”. This film is a cry from the heart, a tribute to an entire silenced generation.

Directed by Marusya Syroechkovskaya · Written by Marusya Syroechkovskaya

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