Wild Field
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Russia, 2008, 104 min Drama
Distributed by Intercinema
Director Mikhail Kalatozishvili
Screenplay Peter Lutsik, Alexei Samoriadov
Producer Sergei Snezhkin, Sergei Melkumov
Director of photography Peter Dukhovsky
Composer Alexei Aigi
Starring Oleg Dolin, Roman Madyanov, Alexander Ilyin, Irina Butanaeva, Vladimir Yavorsky, Konstantin Bykov
Awards: ‘Best Musical Score' 19th Sochi Film Festival ‘Kinotavr'
‘Best Screenplay' 19th Sochi Film Festival ‘Kinotavr'
Special Critics Award 19th Sochi Film Festival ‘Kinotavr'
synopsis
A film created by the grandson of the great Mikhail Kalatozov, the only Russian director to ever win a Palme d'Or at Cannes. ‘Wild Field' tells the story of a young doctor called Dmitri who is sent to the Kazakh steppe. A remote village, 200 kilometres away from Alma-Ati, becomes his new home. The local villagers start to turn to Dmitry not only for professional advice but also begin sharing their everyday problems and misfortunes with him. The protagonist is looking forward to the arrival of his fiancée. However, once she arrives, it becomes apparent that the woman is not there to stay.
creators
Mikhail Kalatozishvili
Director
Born in 1959, in Tbilisi. Mikhail is the grandson of the great Mikhail Kalatozov, a Georgain-Russian filmmaker, who defined the entire period in Soviet cinema with his groundbreaking films like ‘Cranes are Flying' (1958) and ‘Soy, Cuba' (1964). Kalatozishvili is a creator of a cinematic foundation named after his grandfather. Opened in 2000, the foundation has produced a considerable number of films, from feature and documentaries to shorts and TV series. As a director Mikhail Kalatozov has made five films, and his recent work is currently being honoured at various European and national film festivals.
Peter Lutsik and Aleksey Samoryadov
Scriptwriters
Born in the early 1960s, Lutsik and Samoryadov have engaged in a life-long creative collaboration. Together they have written screenplays for seven films, including some of the key feature films of the immediate post-Soviet period, like ‘Limita' and ‘Dyuba-Dyuba'. The screenplay for the film ‘Outskirts' was written in the early 1990's, however it was only in 1998 that Lutsik filmed it. Samoryadov sadly passed away in 1994; Lutsik outlived his collaborator by 8 years. The original script of ‘Wild Field' was written 20 years ago, and both authors were posthumously awarded ‘Best Screenplay' at 'Kinotavr' 2008.
actors
Oleg Dolin (Dmitry)
Born in 1981, Oleg has been working in film and television since the late 1990's. His theatre career began in 2003. Oleg has appeared in popular romantic comedies by Oksana Bychkova: ‘Piter FM' and ‘Plus One'.
Alexander Ilyin (Alexander Ivanovich)
Born in 1952, Alexander Ilyin hails from a famous acting dynasty in Russia. His father and all of his three sons are actors. He is a cousin of Vladimir Ilyin, one of the most prominent performers of the past two decades. His career began in the early 1960's, since then he has appeared in over 30 feature and television films. His works include ‘The Barber of Siberia', ‘The Capitain's Daughter', ‘Roads to Koktebel', ‘Glamour', and most interestingly, he appeared as a young boy in an episodic role in Andrei Tarkovsky's diploma film ‘The Steamroller and the Violin' (1960). Alexander has been awarded the ‘Honoured Actor of Russia' title.
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