Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov

Born in 1965 in the Soviet Union, he graduated from the Film Directing Department of the State Film Institute VGIK in 1989. He directed his first short project in 1986 and the documentary DOG HUNT in 1989, both while still a student. His first feature film ODD AND EVEN (KOSH-BA-KOSH, 1994) was completed shortly after his graduation. His second film MOON DADDY (LUNNYI PAPA) is dated 1999.

Director’s statement

“THE SUIT is a tragi-comedy, without doubt the most difficult genre of all. Because of their obsession with their appearance, symbolised by the suit, my three heroes are searching for sparkle and superficiality, even when this means their becoming bandits. I could certainly have substituted a western car for the suit, but I felt that in Russia today it is easier to obtain a luxury car than a good-quality suit.
“Only after the Mute’s death can his friends move ahead along the route towards adulthood, a road they had never tried to follow, as if this death was not an end but the beginning of a new life. In fact, it is not simply a death, it is a kind of sacrifice”.