Oleg and Strange Arts

Oleg Nikolaevich Karavaichuk at 89 years of age continues to be a extremely controversial and enigmatic figure for Russian culture. Who is this man who looks like character out of a story by Gogol? Is it a servant of the Tsar Nikolas II who was entrusted with the piano the palace to keep alive the spirit of the past? Oleg with his art challenges the true identity of their country transforming and reinventing every moment.

This legendary man is the mysterious and moving subject of this loving film by the young director Andrés Duque. He was moved by the music the russian pianist composed for an old film by Kira Muratova and is the first foreigner to win the trust for documenting his live of the eccentric and still active 89-year-old Russian.