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Release Date:
August 31, 2007
Original Title:
Ласточки прилетели
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
Narti Movies
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 89
Pale, thin, cold-sweating Pik (Khugaev) teaches literature at the local university to students so indifferent they play cards and take phone calls while he lectures. "The hell with you,” he says, walking out mid-class. It’s unclear just why Pik seems so sickly, though by midpoint we realize he’s a heroin addict in withdrawal. Broke, alienated, shunned by his dealer, he searches for a fix or any other salvation, sharing his bleak thoughts in voiceover. Attractive lensing and spare piano/ambient sound score abet the feature’s melancholy, meditative aura.
Additional Director of Photography:
Mikhail Blinov
Anton Isaev
Assistant Director:
Soslan Makiev
Costume Design:
Tigran Kaitmazov
Director:
Aslan Galazov
Director of Photography:
Leonid Deryagin
Anna Zabludovskaya
Editor:
Olga Shevchenko
Makeup Artist:
Yulia Shishkina
Yuliya Kostomarova
Music:
Shirvani Chalaev
Producer:
Olga Kochetkova
Aslan Galazov
Production Design:
Tigran Kaitmazov
Sound Director:
Aleksandr Kamaldinov
Writer:
Irlan Khugaev
Aslan Galazov
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