It tells the story of Kostya, a young man who works as an assistant of a machinist on the subway. One day doctors tell him that he has a weak heart and that he could die any day. The young man decides not to tell anyone about his sickness. He is trying to live his life as usual, but instead starts to think more and more about the true meaning of life.
The film was shot after a three-month-long preparation period in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. Filming took place between 26 December and 6 February 2011. The budget was $40 million, with $28 millions from the Valday company (sponsored by the Ministry of Culture), and $12 million from a company belonging to partner and co-producer Anna Rogozina. All the rights to the film belong to the 'Valday' company, whose web-site is currently under construction. The producers told FNE that they plan a theatrical release to begin in one year, after the film is screened in several festivals.
{mosimage}Nikolay Khomeriki was born in Moscow in 1975. He graduated from Moscow State University (1996) and in Scriptwriting and Directing (2000, course of V. Khotinenko, P. Finn and V. Fenchenko). From 2001-2005 he studied at the National Film School in France, where he made the film Tempest/The Storm, which won over thirty prizes. He worked as assistant for Philippe Garrel on Les Amants Reguliers (2005) and for Leos Carax on Scars (2006). His short film vdvoyom/The Two of Us won a prize in the Cinefondation Programme at Cannes in 2005. 977, the director's full length debut, was selected for the Un Certain regard programme at Cannes in 2006 and received the Golden Boat Award in Vyborg and a special Jury Prize in Angers. His next film Skazka pro Temnotu/Tale in the Darkness was selected for the Un Certain regard programme in Cannes in 2009.
Credits and production information:
| Script | Aleksandr Rodionov, Nikolay Khomeriki |
| Camera | Shandor Berkeshi |
| Design | Denis Bauer |
| Producer | Svetlana Kuchmaeva |
| Cast | Aleksandr Yatsenko, Klavdiya Korshunova, Natalya Batrak, Pavel Petrov, Igor Volkov, Aleksand Il'in, Ekaterina Semenova, Renata Litvinova, Anastasia Stepanova, Nikita Emshanov, Mikhail Evlanov, Alisa Khazanova |
| Production | Valday |
| Country | Russia |
| Length | 96' |
| Year | 2011 |
| World sales | Valday This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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