Lermontov. Doomsday
| Genre | Drama, History, Bio |
| Director | Bakur Bakuradze |
| Script by | Bakur Bakuradze |
| Producer | Sergey Selyanov |
| Release date | 2025 |
Mikhail Lermontov—brilliant poet, fearless soldier, and unsettled exile—lived fast and died young, meeting his fate in a duel at just 26. As the hours slip away before his confrontation with former friend, those around them in a quiet provincial town in the mountains, friends and acquaintances make desperate but futile attempts to prevent the tragedy.
Director Bakur Bakuradze (Snow in My Courtyard(2024) , The Hunter (2011, The 64th Cannes Film Festival Nominee , Shultes ( 2008,Golden Camera Award Nominee, The 61st Cannes Film Festival Nominee) presents a meditative, unhurried portrait of Lermontov's last day. Gossip, petty squabbles, and the dull monotony of exile contrast with the storm within the poet—an outsider, sharp-tongued with people, yet gentle with animals. The overcast sky, like the mournful verses of his own poetry, mirrors the inevitability of his fate.
A deeply atmospheric and poetic film, Lermontov. Doomsday captures the final hours of a genius too restless for his time.
Director Bakur Bakuradze (Snow in My Courtyard(2024) , The Hunter (2011, The 64th Cannes Film Festival Nominee , Shultes ( 2008,Golden Camera Award Nominee, The 61st Cannes Film Festival Nominee) presents a meditative, unhurried portrait of Lermontov's last day. Gossip, petty squabbles, and the dull monotony of exile contrast with the storm within the poet—an outsider, sharp-tongued with people, yet gentle with animals. The overcast sky, like the mournful verses of his own poetry, mirrors the inevitability of his fate.
A deeply atmospheric and poetic film, Lermontov. Doomsday captures the final hours of a genius too restless for his time.