Sex, Мedicated, Rock-n-Roll

Anatoly Belov
2014
UA Retrospective

FILM INFO

Film may contain scenes that include russian language. Recommend age: 18+

The short film may function as a trailer for a long opera film or a musical. The scene plays against the backdrop of the wide spread homophobia in the Ukraine. In the former Soviet Republic it is for the LGBTQ community nearly impossible to live a respected and peaceful life.

Original title
Секс, Лекарственное, Рок-н-ролл
Country
Ukraine
Year
2014
Duration
11’
Color / Black&White
Color
Form
Fiction

DIRECTOR

Anatoly Belov

Anatoly Belov is an Ukrainian artist, who in his works takes on board the problem of the loneliness of the homosexual in homophobic society. The film is a story of love, but also the consequences of revealing cultural and social prejudices. The main protagonist tries to show to a couple of observers the variety of interpersonal relationships. Their attitude, to start with – mocking, gradually becomes reflective. The title of the work alludes to Ian Dury’s cult song Sex&Drugs & Rock&Roll. The artist draws attention to the different possible meanings of the word ‘drugs’– a means of intoxication but also a curative treatment.

Filmography

Секс, лікувальне, рок-н-рол (2014)

team

Director
Anatoly Belov
Camera
Oleksandr Roshchyn
Cast
Eugenia Leontieva, Dmytro Kokorin, Oleksandr Ratushnyak
Music
George Babanski
Editing
Valentin Volnianskiy
Producer
Alina Dianova, Maria Govorukha, Anatoly Belov