Convoy
6 November, Tuesday, 8 pm, Apollo Piccadilly Cinema, London
9 November, Friday, Edinburgh
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Russia, 2012, 80 min. Drama
Director Alexei Mizgirev
Scriptwriter Alexei Mizgirev
Director of photography Janis Eglitis
Production design Kirill Shuvalov
Costume design Tatiana Kniazheva
Music Alexander Manotskov
Sound Valentin Bobrovsky
Editing Natalia Kucherenko
Starring Oleg Vasilkov, Azamat Nigmanov, Dmitri Kulichkov, Ruslana Doronina, Ivan Akhadi, Daniela Stoyanovich, Yevgeni Antropov, Taras Koliadov, Alexei Gnilitsky, Nikolai Kochura, Nikolai Maltsev
Producers Pavel Lungin, Yevgeni Panfilov
Production OOO “Masterskaia Pavla Lungina”
Awards Tarvidiev Prize for best Film Music, Kinotavr
Best actor (Azamat Nigmanov), Kinotavr
Berlinale 2012
synopsis
Alexei Mizgirev’s Convoy, set in an apocalyptic Russia, is the story of an army captain commissioned to escort two deserters back to their unit. After the suicide of one the deserters, the remaining soldier and the commander spend the day in Moscow, where they are confronted with the realities of life in the metropolis. As their friendship blossoms, the cynical Captain's attitude to life is changed forever.
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