Hold me / Derzhi menya

Credits

cast

Mariia Stukalova

Director
09/19/1988

Biography

Maria Stukalova was born in the city of Shebekino, Belgorod region. In 2006 she received a complete general education in chemistry and biology. In 2007 she moved to Moscow and entered the Moscow Orthodox Institute of St. John the Theologian at the Faculty of Ecology. In 2008, she transferred to the faculty of economics and law. In 2013 she graduated from the Institute with a degree in National Economics. Since 2010, he has been working in the family business in the field of hospital sales. In 2016, she lived in Los Angeles for six months. In April 2018, she entered the VGIK for higher film and television courses, the workshop of Yuri Kara.

Directors Statement

The film is philosophical. Message - whatever the reasons that you want to stop life, they are not important. The only important thing is that you can leave them where they are and not drag extra load. Go light. Live and know, life will turn out to be unexpectedly beautiful, even when you are covered by emptiness and loss of meaning. Life in itself is meaningful and ridiculous to refuse it. Funny and ridiculous ... The idea of the plot of the film came spontaneously. I was inspired by the composition of the Boombox group “Trimai mene”, which was included in the soundtrack to the film, with the permission of the musical collective. The script has been rewritten many times. Dialogues corresponded over and over again, not only at the preparation stage, but also on the set. An important decision in preparing for the shoot was not to cling to working with professional actors. This is primarily a training film, and the atmosphere in which the creative group learns seemed to me the most optimal. A professional actor, perhaps, would insist on his vision, as more experienced, and this could harm the conceived.