Official Selection - Competition 2018 / Podbrosy / Russia, Lithuania, Ireland, France 2018
Young Oksana put Denis in a baby box when he was an infant. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children’s home, intent on making amends for her neglect. Denis, however, has no idea of the heavy price to be paid for his mother’s favour: the fragile boy has one unusual quality which Oksana has no qualms about exploiting.
As in his previous film Zoology the inimitable Ivan I. Tverdovskiy examines the life of a lonely individual who has been unable to fully integrate himself into society. The director criticises its warped system through the fate of fragile Denis, whom young Oksana put in a baby box when he was an infant. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children’s home, intent on making amends for her maternal neglect. Denis, however, has no idea of the heavy price to be paid for his mother’s favour: the boy has one unusual quality which luxury-loving Oksana has no qualms about exploiting. With its focused narrative, Tverdovskiy’s drama encourages a metaphorical interpretation and offers a thought-provoking meditation on the ethos of Russian society.
Sandra Hezinová
90 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
/ Screenplay Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
/ Dir. of Photography Denis Alarcón Ramirez
/ Music Kirill Richter
/ Editor Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
/ Art Director Olga Kovalenko, Ekaterina Shcheglova
/ Producer Natalya Mokritskaya
/ Production New People Film Company
/ Coproduction UAB Tremora, Film and Music Entertainment, Arizona Production
/ Cast Denis Vlasenko, Anna Slyu, Danil Steklov, Pavel Chinarev, Vilma Kutavičiútë
/ Sales New Europe Film Sales
/ Contact Alibi Communications
Ivan I. Tverdovskiy (b. 1988, Moscow). Filmography: As If Waiting for a Bus (Slovno zhdu avtobusa, 2009, short doc.), Pianism (Pianizm, 2012), Space Dog (Sobachiy kaif, 2013, short doc.), Corrections Class (Klass korrektsii, 2013), Zoology (Zoologiya, 2016)
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