

The Man Who Surprised Everyone
2018-10-25 · 105 min · ★ 5.7
Egor Korshunov (40) is a Siberian forest guard who works in a local environmental company, fighting fearlessly against poachers in taiga. Egor is a great family man, respected by his fellow villagers. He and his wife Natalia are expecting a second child. Unexpectedly, Egor finds out that he has terminal cancer and has only two months left to live. No traditional medicine or shamanic magic can save Egor. Finally, left with no other options, he decides to take the last desperate step. He attempts to completely change his identity in order to fool the oncoming death, just like Zhamba the drake, the hero of a legendary ancient Siberian epos, did.
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- Directors
- Natalya Merkulova, Alexey Chupov
- Production companies
- Non-Stop Productions, Pan-Atlantic Studio, Homeless Bob Production, Arizona Productions, Eurimages, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Pluto Film, Chainsaw Europe, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Film Institute, Council of Europe
- Countries
- Estonia, France, Russia
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Evgeny TsyganovEgor
Natalya KudryashovaNatalia
Yuriy KuznetsovGrandfather
Pavel MaykovZakhar
Aleksey FilimonovStyopka
Yelena VoronchikhinaShaman Woman
Maksim VitorganProfessor
Amadu MamadakovDoctor
Timofey ZaytsevDeniska
Igor SavochkinFyodor
Polina RaykinaMarina
Yury SkulyabinPoacher Varyndin
Mikhail KhuranovDeaf Guy
Kirill KaganovichKhor
Maksim DromashkoMoonlighter
Viktor KonukhinMoonlighter
Sergey ChekryginMoonlighter
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