The Man Who Surprised Everyone ( ) is a Russian film-drama directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova , shot according to their own script in 2018 . Member for the Horizons ( Orizzonti ) section ( Best Actress Award ) of the 75th Venice International Film Festival . It was selected as the Russia entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards Siberian huntsman Yegor is an exemplary family man and a man respected in his village . He and his wife Natalya are waiting for their second child . Suddenly , Yegor learns that he is incurably sick , and that he has only two months left to live . Neither traditional medicine nor shamanic sorcery help the fight against the disease , and in the end Yegor decides to take a desperate step by trying to completely change his personality in order to deceive approaching death , as did the legendary drake Zhamba , the hero of the ancient Siberian epos
75th Venice International Film Festival
75th Venice International Film Festival
The Man Who Surprised Everyone