Latvia, Czech Republic/ 2020/ 100′
DIRECTED BY: Vitaly Mansky
SCREENPLAY BY: Alexander Gelman, Vitaly Mansky
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Alexandra Ivanova, Mihail Gorobchuk
EDITED BY: Yevgeny Rybalko
MUSIC: Kārlis Auzāns
PRODUCERS: Natalia Manskaia, Vit Klusak, Filip Remunda
PRODUCED BY: Vertov, Hypermarket Film, Arte G.E.I.E., Czech Television, Current Time TV
FESTIVALS & AWARDS: IDFA 2020 – Best Directing in the Feature-Length Competition, Visions du Réel 2020, CPH:DOX 2020, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2020, Sofia International Film Festival 2020
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The 90-year old Gorbachev currently lives in a modest house outside Moscow, awaiting the moment when he will be called to join the list of the 20th century’s most consequential figures. History will judge Gorbachev, but Gorbachev presents his own, final testimony.
Vitaly Mansky was born in 1963 in Lviv, Ukraine. He moved to Russia, where he lived during the breakup of the Soviet Union, today he resides in Latvia. He is the founder of Russian documentary festival Artdocfest. As a filmmaker, he is known for the award-winning documentary features: Putin’s Witnesses (2018), Close Relations (2016), Under the Sun (2015), Pipeline (2013), Motherland or Death (2011).