Living it up / Красиво жить

Credits

cast

Yaroslav Lebedev

Director
01/20/1991

Biography

Yaroslav Lebedev was born in 1991, Ukraine. Graduated from Kiev International University, Institute of Theatre Arts with a degree in Theater and Cinema Actor (workshop of Lyudmila Lymar) in 2012. Moved to Moscow in 2015 and entered the Faculty of Contemporary Cinema and Distribution of Moscow Film School. Next year, in 2016 Yaroslav was re-entered to Directing Course curated by Alexey Popogrebskiy. Graduated with honours in November 2018 with diploma film «Living it up».

Filmography

2019 / Living it up / short fiction

Directors Statement

I spent most time of my life in the big cities — in Kiev firstly, then in Moscow. Life in a province has always been something unknown to me and therefore fascinated. "Living it up" started from an episode I once observed on a plant, where I was working part-time. I saw two workers faking a work injury. Next few months I attempted to develop this sequence to a plot, understand the intentions of characters and their motivations. This episode became the starting point of the film and the set reflecting of the Russian periphery and its frozen essence of long-lasting nineties. I wanted to present a hero in such conditions, who despite the atmosphere of stagnancy attempted even for one day feel alive and switch the depressing reality to a «beautiful life», just living it up.