HOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND

Russia‘s suicide rate is one of the highest in the world. 16-year-old Marusya also wants to end her own life – but then she meets Timi. The pair become inseparable, soul mates, accomplices, lovers. But as Timi drifts deeper and deeper into drug addiction, Marusya keeps finding ways to express herself, not least with a video camera, filming a no-holds-barred account of her own life. HOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND is a heart-wrenching portrait of Russia‘s youth, filled both with a lust for life and a longing for death.