СледующееВоскресение-whichliterallymeansNextSunday-isadocumentaryfollowingasmallgroupofinhabitantsofKaliningradwhodiedofalcoholism,druguseordisease.Alternatelyfascinatingandharrowingdocumentarythattreadsaveryfinelinebetweencautionarytaleandheartlessexploitation. Attheriskoffallingintothetrapofcheapromanticism,itwouldseemthatcertainworkscarrywithinthemselvestheseedofastrangedestiny.Thiscouldwellbethecaseofthisfilmwithitsprophetictitle.ShotinRussia,inKaliningrad,theformerGermancitythennamedKönigsberg,emptiedofitsinhabitantsafterthe2ndWorldWarandrepopulatedsincebyRussianmigrants,thefilmfollows,overaperiodofalmostfifteenyears,thetrackofcertaincharacterswhosefate,wearesoongiventounderstand,ismoreorlesssealedinadvance.Moreover,avoiceofftellsuswithoutmercythattheyhavepassedawaywhereasallthiswhileweseethemonthescreenmovingaroundandstrugglingtosurvive. Butitisnottheironyoffatethatpredominateshereorwouldmaliciouslyseemtoleadthefilmfrominsulttoinsult;ratheramadrage,avitalenergythatbringsthisghostlytroopofpoorwretchesintothecategoryofthegreatcharactersofRussianliteratureratherthantothatofaquestionableandsordidrealism.Itisanexceptionalundertaking:ontheonehand,nothingmustbeomittedinthisdescentintohellandthenitmustbefollowedthroughforyearsonend,notforgettingthatthisdescentimpliesthattherewillbebodieswhohavemadethechoice(tragicorpathetic–itcomestothesame)ofgivingthemselvesupentirely.ThefactthatOlegMorozov,thefilmdirectorwhonowandagainappearsonthescreen,diedonlstJanuary2009,someweeksafterfinishingthefilm,showshowhistributetothefuturerisenfromthedeadbecomeshisowntestimony. [email protected] TheBalticcity,geographicallyseparatedfromtherestofRussia,isthebackgroundforthestoriesandfightsforsurvivalofagroupofformerconvicts,youngprostitutesanddrugaddicts,whowerefilmedoverthespanoftenyears.Asthepeopletelltheirstories,anoff-screenvoiceforetellsthetragicdestinythatawaitedmanyofthem. “Overthelasteightyears,OlegMorozovworkedonascriptforafeaturefilmandwasalwayshuntingforlocationsandcharacters, typesthatheobservedinreallife.TheywerepeoplefromZalyvnoye,thevillagewherehelived.TheyweredrugaddictsfromKaliningrad. Olegstartedfilmingthemandlittlebylittlehisfictionalideastartedtakingshapeinrealsituations.Thisishowthedocumentaryfilmwasborn.Andthisisthepeculiarityofthisproject:fictitiouselementsmeltedintoadocumentaryfilmandfictitiouscharactersbecamerealones.”