Killed by Lightning

20021h 5min

An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine captain, died during the war. This trauma periodically destabilizes her condition. The ghosts of a prehistoric past and a violent death collide in the subconsciousness of the scientist to give birth to an unexpected theory of the origins of human beings.

Storyline

An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine captain, died during the war. This trauma periodically destabilizes her condition. The ghosts of a prehistoric past and a violent death collide in the subconsciousness of the scientist to give birth to an unexpected theory of the origins of human beings.

Released
June 27, 2002
Runtime
1h 5min
Director
Language
Russian
Production
CTB Film Company, The Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation, Fondazione MonteCinemaVerità Locarno, Hubert Bals Fund, Nikola Film