HOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND

By Marusya SYROECHKOVSKAYA

FILM FEST GENT - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2022

Together, two young lovers create an unbreakable bond within a destructive world.

Festivals
& Awards

ACID 2022
Busan IFF 2022
Wide Angle - Documentary Showcase
Gent IFF 2022
Explore Award
Visions du Réel 2022
Special Mention in the International Competition
indielisboa 2022
ACID Cannes 2022
Dok.fest Munchen 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWEDEN, NORWAY, FRANCE, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 103 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marusya SYROECHKOVSKAYA
    • Synopsis
    • Muzzled by the increasingly autocratic regime of the “Depression Federation”, 16-year-old Marusya decides to join her generations’ suicide statistics by year’s end. Then she meets Kimi and a love story begins between the two millennials caught in the undertow of their oppressive government.

      Together, Marusya and Kimi film the euphoria, anxiety and misery of their youth, burning the candle at both ends, fuelled by drugs and music. When Kimi’s addiction threatens to make him fade away forever, Marusya’s camera becomes her last chance to save the fragile soul.

      Filmed over the course of 12 years, How to Save a Dead Friend is a personal cry from the heart, and a message from a silenced generation. It is an unbreakable love story existing in a destructible world.