Riding Dostoevsky

A film by Patricia Mazuy, Simon Reggiani

Riding Dostoevsky

A film by Patricia Mazuy, Simon Reggiani

With

Simon Reggiani, Patricia Mazuy, Bernard Maurel, Thierry Duhazé, Michel Thoury, Lionel Duhazé, Pascal Guimard, Benoît Delavigne, Docteur Perret

Releases 13/10/2004 French Distribution

Les Films du Losange

International Sales

Les Films du Losange

Synopsis

To build up his courage, a man who has a favor to ask of his neighbor crawls out of his hole, takes the bit between his teeth and sets out to recite Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground on horseback in front of 1,700 farmers at the Paris International Agricultural Show. The year is 2003, and Bush is preparing to attack Iraq.

Awards & Festivals

Official Selection, Venice Film Festival, 2005

Press & Media

This film emanates so much tension, so much emotion, so much energy, so much humour and love, that it is impossible to resist. — Les Inrockuptibles

Un film insolent — Libération

The film should be entitled:Don Quichotte De la Manche ! — Le nouvel observateur

Dostoevsky on horseback… The couple Mazuy-reggiani deliver an audacious making of. — Télérama