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Inside Putin’s Russia: Ice Swimming and Gangster Slang Feature in Filip Remunda’s ‘Happiness to All’
In 'Happiness to All,' Filip Remunda portrays a characteristically off-kilter protagonist – one who projects invincibility somehow tinged with doom.
Although also an avowed patriot himself, who spends his time rebuilding the foundations of rotting houses, Vitaly focuses on his video blog espousing his home repair skills and the evils of capitalism. And as Remunda’s team follows him over eight years, Vitaly’s begins to come to an awakening of sorts, souring on the system that defunded Academic Town, the Novosibirsk settlement built to house scientists under the old regime, while longing for a more just Russia. Fitting nicely into the ironic approach celebrated by Michael Moore, who has promoted Remunda and Klusak’s work, Vitaly’s story offers a rare insight into the mindset of the millions of Russians who remain as patriotic as ever while watching their world fall apart.
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