A shaman’s tale (2024)
Directed by Beata Bashkirova & Mikhail Bashkirov
Production: Vladislav Ketkovich & Nicolaï Iarochenko/Les Steppes Productions (France), Tereza Horská/Hypermarket FIlm (Czech Republic)
Feature Documentary (76 mins)
In 2019,a man appeared on the roads of Siberia, claiming that he was a Shaman from Yakutia and stating that he had received a mission from God: he must walk 8000km from Siberia to Moscow to liberate the world from evil, represented by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he referred to as "the Demon". Initially, nobody paid attention to him but in a very short period of time, Alexander Gabyshev’s name is on everyone’s lips, and he is joined on his quest by others. How will the Russian authorities react?
A Shaman’s Tale is a road movie about political repression in modern Russia.