''Crystal Swan'' ( be, Хрусталь, italic=yes) is a 2018 Belarusian
drama film
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directed by Darya Zhuk. It was selected as the Belarusian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
91st Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
Plot
In the 1990s, Velya hopes to leave Belarus and become a
DJ in the United States. Her plans change following an error on her visa application.
Cast
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Alina Nasibullina
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as Velya
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Ivan Mulin
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as Stepan
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Yuri Borisov as Alik
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Svetlana Anikey
Svetlana Anikey ( ''Belarusian'' Svyatlana Uladzimirauna Anikey, born February 7, 1977, Minsk, Belarusian SSR, USSR) is a Belarusian theater and film actress. She is the actress of the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre. Anikey is a recipient ...
as Velya's mother
*Ilya Kapanets as Kostya
*Anastasiya Garvey as Vika
*Lyudmila Razumova as Alya
*Natalya Onishenko as Angela
*Anatoly Golub
*Artem Kuren
*Vyacheslav Shakalido as Mihalych
Reception
''Crystal Swan'' has an approval rating of 100% on
review aggregator
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10.
Metacritic
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assigned the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favourable review".
[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/crystal-swan?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c]
See also
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References
External links
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2018 films
2018 drama films
Belarusian drama films
2010s Russian-language films
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