Killed by Lightning
2002-06-27 · 65 min · ★ 6.3
An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine captain, died during the war. This trauma periodically destabilizes her condition. The ghosts of a prehistoric past and a violent death collide in the subconsciousness of the scientist to give birth to an unexpected theory of the origins of human beings.
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- Directors
- Evgeny Yufit
- Production companies
- CTB Film Company, The Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation, Fondazione MonteCinemaVerità Locarno, Hubert Bals Fund, Nikola Film
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Released
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Vera Novikova
Elena Simonova
Sergei Chernov
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