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This documentary is not a historical or journalistic film in the sense that it does not relate the entire career of Boris Eltsine from beginning to end and it does not collect all the points of view. The film rather support openly the point of view shared by both authors: Alante Alfandari, a Lituanian director, who owes in part her freedom to the decisive action of Boris Eltsine in the independance process of her country; Daniel Leconte who has attentively observed the Russian regime for more than twenty years. The film starts in Sverdlovsk in the 1930's and ends in 1989 when Eltsine won the first democratic elections of post-communist Russia. Through a search of Eltsine's background this film discovers the sources of a historical destiny and outlines the keys to an uncommun political behavior. In short, this film looks for an answer to the enigmatic nature of Eltsine. For better or for worse, how did Eltsine become the founding father of Russian democracy ? Based on the evidence of Boris Eltsine's close circle -Naïma his wife, Gorbatchev, etc. -the film takes us through Eltsine's career from his native Sverdlovsk to Moscow.

France - 2001 - 52 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Réalisation Alanté, Daniel Leconte Scénario Alanté, Daniel Leconte Image Philippe Lagnier Son Arsène Akopian Montage Ona Kavaliauskaïté

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