"Limonov" is the fictional biography of Eduard Limonov (1943), a Russian writer, politician, contradictory and eccentric personality. Limonov was a small bandit in Ukraine; an idol of the Soviet underground during the time of Brezhnev; a totter; a servant of a billionaire in Manhattan; a popular writer in Paris - and author of 10 books; a soldier on the side of the Serbs in the wars in Yugoslavia; a three-time political prisoner - in two prisons and one camp; founder and charismatic boss of the outlawed National-Bolshevik Party in Russia; presidential candidate; founder of an opposition movement against Putin. He considers himself a hero, many people consider him a fascist. However, says Carrer, one thing must be admitted: Limonov loves and have always loved the disadvantaged people...
This project has been funded with support from the Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission.
Emmanuel Carrère (born in Paris on December 9, 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and director. He is the son of Louis Carrère d'Encausse and French historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse.
Carrère studied at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (better known as Sciences Po). Much of his writing, both fiction and nonfiction, centers around the primary themes of the interrogation of identity, the development of illusion and the direction of reality. Several of his books have been made into films; in 2005, he personally directed the film adaptation of his novel La Moustache. He was the president of the jury of the book Inter 2003.
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