A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 24, 2019
Original Title:
Сторож
Alternate Titles:
Guard
O Vigia - Сторож
O Vigia - Сторож (2019)
Storozh
The Watcher
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
Artlight
Invada Film
Yellow, Black & White
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 16 RU: 16+
Runtime: 106
The protagonist Vlad is a man of about forty; he lives and works as watchman in an old sanatorium that is due to be demolished. He obviously needs this work to live the life of a hermit. One night a married couple appears at the sanatorium: Vera and Stas. They are on the run. They are pursued by former friends and business partners of Stas. Vlad decides to help them, because he too is hiding from the past. Each character is threatened with the inevitable payment for wrong choices in the past, but helping each other, they try to expiate these faults.
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Casting Director:
Anzhela Timerkhanova
Costume Design:
Polina Grechko
Director:
Yury Bykov
Director of Photography:
Vladimir Ushakov
Editor:
Anna Kruty
Makeup Artist:
Polina Statsenko
Music:
Ivan Isyanov
Original Music Composer:
Yury Bykov
Producer:
Alexander Kotelevsky
Andrey Novikov
Olga Filipuk
Production Design:
Eduard Gizatullin
Screenplay:
Yury Bykov
Sound Director:
Nikita Gankin
Evgeny Goryainov
VFX Supervisor:
Elena Medvedeva
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