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, Marina Vasilyeva,

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, and Ilya Malanin. It is unrelated to the 2005 American film series of the same name by Sony's subsidiary

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. The film premiered in June 2021 at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival. The premiere took place online on September 26, 2021 at the online cinema Kion ( ru) and

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Plot

The film is set in Sverdlovsk in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

. A group of young people live in a hostel, and suddenly one student commits suicide, which radically changed the lives of friends.

Cast

* Gennady Vyrypaev as Pavel Zabelin (Zabela), a student *

as Nelly Karavaeva, a female student * Marina Vasilyeva as Sveta Leushina, a female student *

as Vanya Simakov, a student * Ilya Malanin as Igor Kaminsky, a student * Yuliya Aug as Olga Botova, the commandant of the hostel

Rest of cast listed alphabetically

Production

The film was directed by cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, who first appeared in a new capacity. According to him, he had long wanted to take part in the film adaptation of "Hostel on the Blood" ( ru) as a cameraman, but due to the lack of a director he decided to take on this function. Vasyanov also became one of the authors of the script.

References

External links

* {{IFFI Silver Peacock - Special Jury Award and Special Mention, state=collapsed 2021 films 2020s Russian-language films 2020s teen drama films Russian teen drama films Films based on Russian novels Films set in 1984 Films about rape Columbia Pictures films 2021 drama films 2021 directorial debut films