Sella turcica / Турецкое седло

RUSSIA
2017, 77 MIN.

Director & scriptwriter Yusup Razykov
Camera Yuri Mikhailishin, Yuri Krochuk
Design Yusup Razykov
Music Alexei Artishevsky
Cast: Valeri Maslov, Veronika Kuznetsova, Vitali Daushev, Ilya Kovrizhnykh, Sergei Genkin
Producers Denis Luzanov, Daria Lavrova, Yusup Razykov, Alexander Gadalov, Filipp Brusnikin
Production Tritona Ltd.

The film’s hero, Ilyich, cannot understand what’s wrong with him. Ilyich is a former “mole”, an external observation agent in the KGB, then FSB. A skilled instructor. Now he is retired. From loneliness, he continues to watch those who catch his attention and curiosity. The doctor diagnoses him with empty sella syndrome (the syndrome of an empty Turkish Seat), which poses no danger for society… One day new neighbours move in, a young couple of musicians, and Ilyich’s life changes.
Sella turcica is the Latin name for the part of the brain where the pituitary gland (hypophysis) is located; in English, it is called the Turkish Seat. Migraines, dizziness, speech disorders, memory problems, asthenia – all these are signs for a disturbance in this area, called in medicine “Syndrome of the Turkish Seat”.

YUSUP RAZYKOV
Born in 1957 in Tashkent, USSR. Director, scriptwriter, producer. Merited Arts Worker of Uzbekistan. Graduated from the script department of VGIK (1986, class of V.Solovyov, V.Chernykh, L.Kozhinova). In 1990–2004 headed the Uzbekfilm Studio. Participant of leading national and international film festivals, prizewinner of the Berlin IFF (1998, for “Orator”), of the Festival of Asian Cinema in Vesoul (2004, for “The Shepherd”), of the “Kinoshock” festival. His film “Shame” (2013) has received the FIPRESCI award at the IFF in Karlovy Vary, awards at IFF Trieste, East-West and others. His director’s filmography includes “Woman’s Kingdom” (2000), “The Men’s Dance” (2001), “Comrade Boykenzhaev” (2002), “The Healer” (2003), “The Runaways” (2006), “Gastarbeiter” (2010), etc.

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