Moment of Impact


1h 57m 1998

Brief Synopsis

On April Fool's Day, 1989, a man crossing the road was hit by a car and thrown high in the air. Landing on his head and side, Leonid Loktev immediately became a different person, "an impenetrable being, stuck between life and death." Filmmaker Julia Loktev shows how she and her family--Russian immig

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
Cinemax

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 57m

Synopsis

On April Fool's Day, 1989, a man crossing the road was hit by a car and thrown high in the air. Landing on his head and side, Leonid Loktev immediately became a different person, "an impenetrable being, stuck between life and death." Filmmaker Julia Loktev shows how she and her family--Russian immigrants marooned in Loveland, Colorado--confront a world that was changed forever when her father was left physically and mentally impaired.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
Cinemax

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 57m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Spring May 13, 1999

Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 8-18, 1998.

Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 27 - September 7, 1998.

Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 27 - April 12, 1998.

Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 23 - May 7, 1998.

Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 15-25, 1998.

Broadcast in USA over Cinemax as part of series "Cinemax Reel Life" November 12, 1998.

Hi-8 videotape to film

Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 27 - September 7, 1998.)

Released in United States 1998 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 27 - April 12, 1998.)

Winner of the Directing Award for Documentary at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.

Released in United States 1998

Released in United States January 1998

Released in United States October 1998

Released in United States 1998 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 23 - May 7, 1998.)

Released in United States January 1998 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 15-25, 1998.)

Released in United States Spring May 13, 1999

Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 8-18, 1998.)