OBRATNOE DVIZHENIE

Reverse Motion


Russia
2010
92 minutes

A mother traumatised by her soldier son's status as missing in action decides to take care of a young illegal alien. Highly stylized slow-motion thriller where mood is as important as plot.

Starring Olga Demidova, Vladislav Abashin, Georg Gachoev, Daria Gacheva, Nikita Emtshanov, Alexander Plaksin, Vassili Kortukov, Oleg Ageitchev.
Directed by Andrei Stempkovski; produced by Mr. Stempkovski, Vladislav Rosin, Mikhail Kalatozishvili, Andrei Bondarenko; written by Anish Vardanian with Livi Shavgulidze and Mr. Stempkovski; music by Ilya Balaban; director of photography (Salamandra Laboratories), Zaur Bolotaev; production designer, Sergei Avstrievski; costume designer, Olga Nesterenko; film editor, Dmitri Dumkin.
A Mikhail Kalatozov Fund presentation/production, with financial support from the Russian Ministry of Culture.
Screened: Estoril Film Festival 2010 advance DVD screener, November 1st 2010.

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