In order to highlight part of the behind the scenes of creation, Olesya Shchukina, director of the film Les talons rouges, answers our dreamlike questionnaire.
Discover the dreamlike universe of the directors, the imaginary worlds that influence them, the conscious or unconscious references underlying the films.
1- The character who touched you the most?
Winnie Pooh in the Russian cartoon; he is really very touching, especially when he tries to think logically and foresee consequences.
2- The character that scared you the most?
Recently, Cathy in the book East of Eden by John Steinbeck. When I was little, the tiger Shere Khan in Roman Davydov's Soviet cartoon: Maugli. The monster who lived in the wardrobe of an episode of the animated series: Ghost Busters.
3- The character you would most like to meet?
I can't choose just one! There are many.
4- The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
I really like Hayao Miyazaki's characters.
5- The world you would like to live in?
In Wes Anderson's films.
6- The world you wouldn't want to live in?
In the news from Varlam Shalamov who spent decades in the Gulag. He then wrote a big book with lots of very tough little stories. The sad thing is that this world really existed.
7- What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
I don't like to play. So, I would prefer not to play a role.
8- Your earliest memory of fiction?
I think it was Maugli that I saw with my father in a small children's cinema in our neighborhood in St. Petersburg. I must have been 3-4 years old.
9- Your favorite word?
If we're talking about French words, I really like the word "asticot". It's a bit strange but, to my Russian ear, it has a very nice sound and I imagine someone small and very cute. In fact, I just found out how to write it. I always thought it was "astiko".
10- Music you would like to listen to now?
Nina Simone and Rachmaninoff.