''No-One'' is a 2018 Israeli-Ukrainian film written and directed by Vladimir Prudkin and Lev Prudkin. The film premiered at the 40th
Moscow International Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...
on April 23, 2018.
The film won the awards for Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography at the
Vienna Independent Film Festival
VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival is an international film festival held annually in July in Vienna, capital of Austria. The festival focuses on independent cinema.
History
The Vienna Independent Film Festival was held for the first time on ...
, Best Feature Film at the Winchester Film Festival and other awards at international film festivals. It was presented at the
Marché du Film
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of the 74th
Festival de Cannes
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on July 10, 2021.
Synopsis
Mysterious events happen in
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
during the
collapse of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
.
NO-ONE is a family revenge story that turns into a parable of eternal return and historical guilt. It is an unusual anti-version of Shakespeare's
Othello
''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...
, where the Renaissance characters and events are depicted in a parallel reality in Russia during the military coup of 1991. Venice is replaced by Moscow, Cyprus – by Crimea; the Venetian general Othello becomes a general of the Russian secret police and the insidious schemer Iago, Othello's standard-bearer – an elite student, nephew of the Russian general. All this in a strange way corresponds to Shakespeare's oeuvre, but at some point the events and character relations as if instigated by irresistible forces of fate, start to move away from the familiar plot. The main character is a brilliantly educated and artistically gifted general serving a cruel and blood-drenched organization; he harbors no illusions about the world around him, constantly changes masks and roles, always remaining at the top. Nevertheless, karmic forces pull events and people around him into a deadly vortex of infidelities and defeats. Betrayals cling to one another, and the inevitable becomes reality.
Cast
*Slava Jolobov (Vyacheslav Zholobov) - Oleg Sergeyevich, General of the KGB (Soviet Secret Service)
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Natalia Vdovina - Tamara, his wife
*George Marchenko - Vlad, his nephew, a student at a prestigious college
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Elizaveta Boyarskaya
Elizaveta Mikhailovna Boyarskaya (russian: Елизаве́та Миха́йловна Боя́рская, born 20 December 1985) is a Russian theater and film actress.
Biography Early life and education
Elizaveta was born on 20 December 1985 ...
- Zina, Vlad's classmate, daughter of a Soviet party boss
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Alexey Agranovich - Assistant to the General, KGB Officer
*Dima (Dmytro) Sova - Sasha, lifeguard on the beach in the Crimea
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Aleksandr Feklistov
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Feklistov (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Фекли́стов; born December 7, 1955) is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1984 (the film ''Troop'').
Since 2007 – ...
- KGB Officer, an old friend of the General
*Lev Prudkin - KGB Officer in the Crimea
*Edi Kvetner - Zhora, Vlad's classmate
*Sophia Kashtanova - Miranda, Zina's friend
Awards
*Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography Awards at Vienna Film Festival
*Best Feature Film Award at Winchester International Film Festival
*Best Director of Foreign Language Film Award at West Europe Film Festival in Brussels
*Best Original Screenplay Award at London Fusion International Film Festival
*Best Feature Film Finalist at Near Nazareth Film Festival in Israel
*Best Feature Film Nominee at Burbank International Film Festival in Los Angeles
*Best Drama Feature Award at Hong Kong Indie Film Festival
*Best Feature Film Award at Seoul International Film Festival, Republic of Korea
*Best Feature Film Award at Austin International Art Festival, USA
*Best Feature Film Award at New Wave Film Festival in Munich, Germany
References
External links
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2018 films
Russian-language Ukrainian films
Ukrainian thriller films
Israeli thriller films
2018 thriller films
Films set in 1991
Films set in Crimea
Films set in the Soviet Union
2018 drama films
2010s Russian-language films
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