IDFA Bertha Fund 2011
Temptation
Stamlialnaje zhyccio voraha naroda
Viktar Dashuk
Belarus
When the elderly documentarian Viktar Dashuk becomes ill and asks his doctor how long he has, his doctor thinks this is a stupid question. After all, he is no longer able to get his wife pregnant, so evolutionarily speaking he's long past his due date. The filmmaker decides to make a film about himself, to ensure his own immortality through art. Dashuk's antagonist also appears, and he's also trying to make himself immortal. President Alexander Lukashenko has been ruling his country with an iron fist for decades, and many journalists, human rights activists and presidential candidates have paid the price.
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