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I and My Macaque
(Ya i moya makaka)
Short documentary
2025

Country: Russia
Runtime: 22 min
Rating: 0+
Director: Alyona Usacheva
Scriptwriter: Alyona Usacheva
Cameraman: Savva Yushchenko
Starring: Lyosha, Masha, Fedya, Dunya
Producer: Alexey Uchitel
Production: Rock Films with the support of IID (Institute for Internet Development)

How many closets do you need to organise your life? And what about the lives of seven brothers and sisters? Twenty-year-old Lyosha is left with his younger siblings under his care. He compares his family to a large troop of macaques. Endless domestic chores and problems drive the guy to escape at the first opportunity, he gets a lift to a construction site out in the woods. Will he manage all on his own or do macaques need a tribe?
Alyona Usacheva
DIRECTOR'S BIO

Alyona is a student at S.A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (VGIK) She lives in Moscow.

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2025 – I and My Macaque