【影片簡介】普京之吻 Putin's Kiss
【信念實踐】篇 Beliefs & Reliefs
普京之吻
Putin's Kiss
丹麥、俄羅斯 Denmark - Russia︱2012︱85 min︱Lise BIRK PEDERSEN
2012 日舞影展國際紀錄片競賽單元最佳攝影獎
Best Cinematography, World Documentary Competition, Sundance Film Festival
2012 香港國際電影節火鳥金獎最佳紀錄片提名
Golden Firebird Award Nomination, Documentary Competition, Hong Kong International Film Festival
十九歲的瑪莎是俄羅斯總統普京的頭號大粉絲，也是「納什」（Nashi）青年運動組織的發言人。在她的眼裡，普京為後共產時代的俄羅斯社會帶來安定與發展，但她卻沒想到：支持普京政權的納什組織為了排除異議人士，竟然使出激進的手段……
瑪莎出生在莫斯科近郊一個中產階級家庭，因為嚮往納什組織中群聚的青年力量，以及組織提供的光明未來與多元發展，她十五歲就加入了納什，並且在短時間內成為該組織的發言人、擁有自己的電視節目，在某個場合，她甚至有幸親吻了出席納什會議的偶像普京。
然而，納什青年組織成立的目標雖然是培養俄羅斯未來的政治菁英，卻也有著秘密施行威脅、暴力攻擊的激進分子。當瑪莎與一群與她政治立場不同的自由主義記者結識為友，她才真正看清納什組織的陰暗面，也被迫重新思考她在組織中的角色。
普京的鐵腕手段一向頗富爭議，近期也因為反普京的年輕女子龐克樂團「Pussy Riot」被逮補，在國際上引起軒然大波。本片以極其親密的姿態、細緻的攝影，從主角瑪莎的轉變來反省俄羅斯脆弱甚至是虛幻的民主政治，引人深思。
Nashi is an increasingly popular political youth organization with direct ties to The Kremlin. Officially, its goal is to support the current political system by creating a future elite among the brightest and most loyal Russian teenagers. But their agenda is also to keep the political opposition from spreading their views among the Russians.
In PUTIN’s Kiss, we meet 19-year-old Marsha, a Nashi commissar and spokesperson. Seduced by the energy of the movement, the future prospects and opportunities that this organization would be able to provide, Masha joined Nashi at the age of 15. In almost no time she progressed to the very top of the organization. She has posed with her much admired political leader and icon, Vladimir PUTIN– and on one occasion, even kissed him when he attended a Nashi meeting.
Marsha belongs to the educated, well-mannered and well-spoken part of Nashi. But according to the opposition, Nashi also has a radical wing that is secretly responsible for threats and violent attacks against anyone who doesn’t agree with PUTIN. When Marsha is up for election within Nashi and loses to a candidate whose program is called “fighting the enemies of Russia”, she starts questioning her role in the Nashi movement for the first time.