The Term. Beginning of a Big Story (2014)
The documentary project The Term was conceived in May 2012. When the directing trio commenced mapping the Russian sociopolitical landscape, Vladimir Putin had just settled into the Kremlin for his third term. The original experimental format of “documentary bulletins,” which were published daily online, allowed for wide-ranging content; in the feature film version, however, the filmmakers focused solely on the members of various opposition groups. Nevertheless, the work’s neutral position remains and viewers have to interpret the objectively presented situations for themselves. The main characteristics of this strongly authentic movie include close contact with the protagonists, precise editing, and an effectively controlled release of information.
Directors: Pavel Kostomarov, Alexey Pivovarov, Alexandr Rastorguev.
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Kseniya Sobchak as Self |
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Ilya Yashin as Self |
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Alexei Navalny as Self |
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Maksim Vitorgan as Self |
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Aleksandr Potkin as Self |
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Sergei Udaltsov as Self |
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Oleg Kashin as Self (uncredited) |
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Garry Kasparov as Self (uncredited) |
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Boris Nemtsov as Self (uncredited) |
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova as Self (uncredited) |
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Mikhail Kasyanov as Self (uncredited) |
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Yoko Ono as Self (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Gérard Depardieu as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Vera Brezhneva as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Alexey Venediktov as Self |
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Ilya Ponomarev as Self |
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Petr Verzilov as Self |
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Yevgenia Albats as Self (uncredited) |
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Mariya Alyokhina as Self (uncredited) |
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Sergey Minaev as Self (uncredited) |
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Lyudmila Narusova as Self (uncredited) |
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Leonid Parfyonov as Self (uncredited) |
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Dmitry Peskov as Self (uncredited) |
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Olga Romanova as Self (uncredited) |
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Sergey Shoygu as Self (uncredited) |
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Emmanuil Vitorgan as Self (uncredited) |
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Yulia Navalnaya as Self (uncredited) |
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Eduard Limonov as Self |
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Vladimir Kristovskiy as Self |
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Sergey Kristovskiy as Self |
| Directing | Pavel Kostomarov | Director |
| Directing | Alexey Pivovarov | Director |
| Directing | Alexandr Rastorguev | Director |
| Editing | Alexandr Rastorguev | Editor |
| Editing | Pavel Kostomarov | Editor |
| Production | Max Tuula | Co-Producer |
| Production | Maria Gavrilova | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sarkis Orbelyan | Producer |
| Production | Alexey Pivovarov | Producer |
| Production | Pavel Kostomarov | Producer |
| Production | Alexandr Rastorguev | Producer |
| Camera | Elena Khoreva | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Albina Kirillova | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Pavel Kostomarov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Dmitriy Kubasov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kirill Kulagin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Maxim Pakhomov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Alexandr Rastorguev | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Zosya Rodkevich | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Irina Shatalova | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Andrey Kiselev | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ekaterina Shcherbakova | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Elena Khoreva | Editor |
| Editing | Mariya Kozlova | Editor |
| Editing | Alexandr Krylov | Editor |
| Editing | Kirill Kulagin | Editor |
| Editing | Maxim Pakhomov | Editor |
| Editing | Ekaterina Shcherbakova | Editor |
