''No Looking Back'' (russian: Оторви и выбрось) is a 2021 Russian

dark comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

written and directed by Kirill Sokolov. The film tells about three aggressive women's quarrels - a little daughter, her mother, and her grandmother are pointing guns at each other. It stars Sofya Krugova, Viktoriya Korotkova, and

Anna Mikhalkova Anna Nikitichna Mikhalkova (Russian: А́нна Ники́тична Михалко́ва; born 14 May 1974, in Moscow) is a Russian actress and model. Her film credits include '' Our Own'', '' Kokoko'' and ''Rasputin''. Her television credits ...

. ''No Looking Back'' was theatrically released in Russia on April 21, 2022, by PROvzglyad.

Plot

Olya was in prison for four years and decided to start a new life with the help of her daughter. But her daughter lives with her grandmother and she is not going to part with her granddaughter.

Cast

Production

A full-length feature directed by Kirill Sokolov after the 2019 black comedy '' Why Don't You Just Die!'' how a men's son kills his father. The producers of the film are Artem Vasilyev and Igor Mishin, as well as Andrey Savelyev. The film is being shot with the support of the

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and the Kinoprime Foundation for the Development of Contemporary Cinematography, as well as with the participation of the SAGa Film Company.

Casting

This approach is due to the fact that the actress playing one of the main characters of the film, Sofya Krugova. Since the film was Sofya's debut acting work, the creators decided to shoot the comedy in chronological order according to the script, so that it would be easier for the girl to navigate.

Filming

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process was supposed to start back in May 2020, but due to the pandemic, it was postponed to early July. They will go to the city of

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and

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forest. At the very end, four shifts are planned in the backwater near the

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- in a remote and very picturesque place. A small interior block will be filmed in

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Release

Theatrical

The film premiered in September 2021 at the Kinotavr Film Festival. Critics note the originality of Kirill Sokolov's directing style.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=16408428 2021 films 2020s crime comedy films 2021 black comedy films 2020s feminist films 2020s prison films 2020s comedy road movies 2020s Russian-language films Russian crime comedy films Russian black comedy films Russian comedy road movies Russian films about revenge Rape and revenge films Russian splatter films Films about mother–daughter relationships Girls with guns films Films shot in chronological order