Essay: Doomed to Run

Name: Essay: Doomed to Run
Director: Gadzhimurad Efendiev
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Roman Cherpak, Shura Alkhasova, Petr Shevchenko, Elena Shevchenko, Gadzhimurad Efendiev

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Documentary

Overview

Deeply personal cinematic journey between two worlds—Catholic Venice and Islamic Dagestan. Inspired by Joseph Brodsky’s essay *Watermark* and Merab Mamardashvili’s lectures on those “doomed to run,” I craft a film-essay about identity, the ache of existing between cultures, and the endless search for home. Through fragments of daily life and raw, intimate phone calls with my mother, I try to make sense of living on the border—between faiths, eras, wars, and pandemics.

Directed by Gadzhimurad Efendiev

Cast

Roman Cherpak — self
Shura Alkhasova — self
Petr Shevchenko — self
Elena Shevchenko — self
Gadzhimurad Efendiev — self