Director of Photography
A story about Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski, a twentieth-century theatre genius. Owing to his powerful extraordinary talent he managed to stay a true artist and a free spirit within the harsh Soviet system. In the film contemporary theater and film directors (Kirill Serebrennikov, Katie Mitchell, Lev Dodin and others) show how Stanislavski's method affects their everyday work. Each of the directors finds his or her own reflection in the mirror of his genius. In search of an answer to the question whether modern theatre really needs Stanislavski they discover that art lacks its most essential part – the human being.
Director of Photography
A girl has fallen victim to a maniac, who wants to get even with her in the most refined manner: extend her cheeks with special medical devices and force her to sneeze so that her eyeballs drop out of their sockets. But we skip this moment and jump in time to the beginning of the story and see, why the girl let the maniac in her house. The reason is pity, which the girl experienced for the man when he sneezed.
