Collectors (Russian: ????????? , translit.Ã, Kollektor ) is a Russian drama film 2016 written and directed by Alexey Krasovsky. Film star Konstantin Khabensky in the title role, with Ksenia Buravskaya, Polina Agureeva, Darya Moroz, Valentina Lukaschuk, Evgeny Stychkin, Kirill Pletnyov, Igor Zolotovitsky, Tatyana Lazareva, Alexander Tyutin, Marina Lisovets, Nikita Tyunin voted.
The film premiered at the Kinotavr Film Festival in Sochi in June 2016. Collectors received critical acclaim, especially for Khabensky's performance.
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Plot
Arthur is the best employee of the collecting company. He has a high income and a solid reputation among his peers.
He risked losing it all at once because there was a scandalous video involving him who was just about the web. In an instant he became the main target of journalists and gossip columnists. His colleagues and friends turned away from him. He provoked a strong hatred within the community and was under threat. The video, which was made to set it, became the truth. The truth he is trying to say is felt as a lie.
Arthur was trapped inside his office. Alone against the world. But his main enemy, the video writer, was a widow who believed that Arthur was the one who pushed her husband to commit suicide. He will do all the power to drive it from the deep end.
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Cast
- Konstantin Khabensky as Arthur
- Polina Agureeva as Tamara (voice)
- Ksenia Buravskaya as Natalya (voice)
- Tatyana Lazareva as Tatiana (voice)
- Marina Lisovets as a Doctor (sound)
- Valentina Lukashchuk as Liza (voice)
- Kirill Pletnyov as Evgeny (voice)
- Yevgeny Stychkin as Lev (voice)
- Nikita Tyunin as Yurlov (voice)
- Aleksandr Tyutin as Roman (voice)
- Igor Zolotovitsky as a Journalist (sound)
- Darya Moroz as Ksenia (voice)
Production
Konstantin Khabensky took a huge pay cut to act in the film.
Director Alexei Krasovsky said that if Khabensky would refuse his role, he would himself act in the film.
Almost the entire movie takes place indoors, where the main characters talk to the phone. The shooting took place in real time for 8 days, and the filmmakers just rested to replace the camera's memory card. The Collector is the only character displayed on the screen - others interact with it on the phone, their part is also recorded in real time.
Release
Collectors are featured outside the competition at the 27th Sochi International Film Festival named Kinotavr, and aired in the Spotlight program at the 2016 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
It was released in theaters on October 6, 2016 in the Russian Federation. On April 16, 2017 it was featured on the NTV channel.
Reception
The film received approval from the majority of Russian film critics. About Collectors written: "Movies, where viewers do not observe events on screen, not events of the human soul - the most difficult and most precious thing in any field of art" (Rossiyskaya Gazeta), "The Creator" Collector "managed to escape from the stereotype and arousing a humble human interest to the hero, supported by cinematic tension "(Kommersant)," Since Khabensky is our cinema star, he can draw the viewer's attention to more than a pure hour with his charisma and sound "(Film.ru) , "a brilliant solo performance with one of the best Russian actors of our time" (The Hollywood Reporter Russia).
This has been compared to the 2013 movie Locke starring Tom Hardy by international critics.
Awards
Khabensky was awarded Best Actor at the Kinotavr Film Festival for his performance. The film also won the Kinotavr award for best cinematography. In July 2016, at the International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, the film won the FEDEORA Jury Award. At Nika Awards, Alexei Krasovsky was named the Discovery of the Year. The film won three awards at the Prague Independent Movie Festival 2017 - Gustav Meyrink Prize (Jury Prize), Best Director and Best Actor (Konstantin Khabensky).
See also
- Phone booth (movie)
- Locke (movie)
References
External links
- Collector in IMDb
- Official page on Facebook
- Official Snippet on YouTube
- Page on Konstantin Khabenskiy's International Website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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