A film about Putin was made in Poland: at the end, the dictator in a dirty diaper dies in hospital

On February 5, a teaser for the English-language film “Putin” was shown in Warsaw. This is a biographical feature film. It shows the Russian president from the age of 10, when he was abused by his stepfather in Georgia, to the full-scale war he launched against Ukraine, reports Radio Liberty.

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The film tells about the most important events in Putin's political life - the war in Chechnya, the terrorist attacks in Dubrovka and Beslan, as well as the most dramatic events in Bucha, Irpen, and Mariupol. The author of the film, the famous Polish director Patrick Vega, filmed, among other things, the death of the Russian dictator.

“I looked into the future and showed Putin’s death. This is what the entire free world wants to see,” says the film’s author. The tape contains documentary materials, in particular a video shot from a drone by Ukrainian operators: it shows the consequences of rocket attacks on cities and civilian infrastructure.

In the episode included in the film's teaser, Putin is shown in the hospital - he is wearing a diaper and his own excrement. According to the director, the goal of the film is to show the Russian president as sick and weak, someone who can be overcome. According to Patrick Vega, this should give hope and faith to Ukrainians in victory on the eve of the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion.

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“We did a lot of work with documents, consulted with various experts, in particular, I was advised by the former head of NATO intelligence, a general who commanded troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. The most valuable, unique source of information was a relative of a psychiatrist who was in the same pressure chamber with Putin in the 1970s,” explained the director of the film.

When asked if he is afraid for his safety, Vega replies: “If we are afraid, then in a moment Putin will be in Europe. I believe that it is he who should be afraid of us, and not we of him.”

“This film should explain to the world the so-called Russian soul and why Russians are so inadequate. This is a kind of “service instruction” for Putin, an explanation of the rules of his game, the absurdity of Russian propaganda. The film should translate the culture of the East into the language of the West. I am able to do this because I grew up as a child in socialism, and now I function in audiovisual culture overseas. This is my blow to Putin in the artistic dimension, because my weapon is the camera,” emphasized Patrick Vega.

According to the director, people in Russia are very afraid of the film’s release. Evidence of this is the attempts of Russians to buy the script or fragments of the film.

“Over the past two months, we have had kilometers of correspondence in which the Russians are trying to come to an agreement with many people with whom I once worked. They want to buy film materials from them. Buyers pose as congressmen from Dakota, saying they want to see the film before the premiere. They also introduced themselves as deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. I myself conducted negotiations and correspondence with one of the buyers. We agreed on $150 thousand, and I asked him to give a deposit. When the buyer agreed, I gave him the invoice from the domestic intelligence agency with the note 'attempted bribery by Russian intelligence,'" Patrick Vega admitted.

Unique filming

An international group of actors worked on the film. Over the course of two years, filming took place in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, Israel and Jordan.
“We were the first film crew in the world to receive permission to film in the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and in the square where Putin was baptized. This was difficult to achieve because it required permission from seven competing religious denominations. Some were convinced with words, some with money,” the film’s director shared the intricacies of filming.

To make the main actor look as much like Putin as possible, the filmmakers used deep fake technology, which made it possible to superimpose an image of the Russian president onto the actor’s face. It wasn't easy because everything had to be done in cinematic resolution.

Patrick Vega planned to show a fragment of the film on the big screen in Ukraine to see the reaction of Ukrainians, but due to frequent shelling, the military did not allow this. Then the director staged a performance - he set up a screen and broadcast the film on it, but the role of the audience was played by mutilated mannequins, symbolizing the victims of the war. The team showed the filming of this performance, along with fragments of the film, to civilians and military personnel in Ukraine. Their reactions, according to Patrick Vega, brought tears to everyone on the team.

“If you think that Putin is fighting Ukraine, then this belief is wrong. In my experience as a survivor of communism, I believe that Ukraine is not a subject of this conflict, Ukraine for Putin is a battlefield with the West. So there is no need to have any illusions that he will stop at Ukraine. We must not forget about this war, and the free, democratic world must unite against Russia,” said the Polish director.

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The world premiere of the film “Putin” will take place in the first half of 2024, and negotiations are currently underway with American distributors. More than 11 Asian countries showed great interest in the film. According to Patrick Vega, there is a preliminary agreement to translate the film into Ukrainian.

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