No Place for Fools

  • 82'
  • Russia
  • 2015
'We must not give away our children to foreigners and homosexuals,' says Sergej Astahov in the documentary dedicated to him, No Place for Fools. A few months prior to this pronouncement, Astahov himself was openly gay.
The documentary is comprised of clips placed by Astahov on his blog. We see him praising modern Moscow shopping malls, eulogising on the pleasures of gay porn and drawing up all manner of lists - from his favourite songs to his illnesses. He considers his homosexuality one of the latter.
It gradually becomes clear, reading between the lines, that Astahov has been admitted to a psychiatric clinic to ‘cure’ him of this ‘disease’. We also see a video in which he marries a woman, subsequently morphing into a patriotic, Orthodox Christian Russian - a Putin supporter who sometimes relapses into his old self: ‘I love men.’ A documentary that pointedly highlights the insurmountable, confusing ideological changes taking place in contemporary Russia.
Director
Oleg Mavromatti
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Russia, Bulgaria
Year
2015
Festival Edition
IFFR 2015
Length
82'
Medium
DCP
Language
Russian
Producers
Boryana Rossa, Andrey Silvestrov
Production Companies
Supernova, Cinefantom
Sales
Supernova
Screenplay
Oleg Mavromatti
Cinematography
Oleg Mavromatti
Editor
Boryana Rossa, Oleg Mavromatti
Sound Design
Tihon Pendyrin
Website
http://olegmavromatti.com
Director
Oleg Mavromatti
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Russia, Bulgaria
Year
2015
Festival Edition
IFFR 2015
Length
82'
Medium
DCP
Language
Russian
Producers
Boryana Rossa, Andrey Silvestrov
Production Companies
Supernova, Cinefantom
Sales
Supernova
Screenplay
Oleg Mavromatti
Cinematography
Oleg Mavromatti
Editor
Boryana Rossa, Oleg Mavromatti
Sound Design
Tihon Pendyrin
Website
http://olegmavromatti.com