How to Save a Dead Friend (2023)

Overview : 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.

Release Date : June 28, 2023

Runtime : 103m

Genre : Documentary, Drama  

Companies : ARTE, Sisyfos Film, Folke Film, Les Films du Tambour de soie, RBB, Docs Vostok

Countries : France, Germany, Norway, Sweden

Keywords : mental institution, drugs, suicidal thoughts, autocracy, new generation, social conditioning, communist regime, generational divide, human condition, russia society