''The Factory'' (russian: Завод, Zavod) is a 2018 Russian

crime thriller Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

film directed and written by

Yuri Bykov __NOTOC__ Yuri Anatolyevich Bykov (Russian: Ю́рий Анато́льевич Бы́ков; born August 15, 1981) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the films '' The Major'', '' The Fool'' and the T ...

. It stars Denis Shvedov and

Andrey Smolyakov Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (russian: Андре́й И́горевич Смоляко́в; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and '' Forb ...

. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

2018 Toronto International Film Festival The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to ...

. Official selection of the Beaune (France) 11th Festival international du film policier.

Plot

The owner of the Kalugin's factory informed the workers that he will be obliged to close it soon as it is not profitable. The boss, a local oligarch called Kalugin was kidnapped from his car by masked and armed persons who demanded for him a big ransom. The money is taken to the workers by the head of the oligarch personal security team. His heavily armed mercenaries arrive at night at the factory where the boss is being held hostage. Those who barricaded themselves in the workshop are local workers led by a former

Special Forces Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...

soldier, nicknamed Sedoi. Six months without a salary and the impending bankruptcy of the plant pushed them to a desperate step. To pull out their boss, nothing will stop the mercenaries. But unlike them, hard workers have nothing more to lose.

Cast

* Denis Shvedov as Sedoi *

as Konstantin Kalugin * Vladislav Abashin as Tuman *

Ivan Yankovsky Ivan Filippovich Yankovsky (russian: Иван Филиппович Янковский; born October 30, 1990) is a Russian actor, best known for his role in '' Rag Union''. His father is actor/director Filipp Yankovsky, and his grandfather was the ...

as Vladimir *

Aleksandr Bukharov Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Bukharov (russian: Александр Евгеньевич Бухаров; born 12 March 1985) is a Russian former footballer who played as a striker. Career With FC Rubin Kazan he won the Russian Premier League 2008. ...

as Terekhov * Dmitri Kulichkov as Ryaboi *

Kirill Polukhin Kirill Alekseevich Polukhin (russian: Кирилл Алексеевич Полухин; born 3 May 1969) is a Soviet and Russian film, stage, and television actor. Early life Polukhin was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint P ...

as Andreich *Yury Tarasov as Vesyolyiy *Aleksey Komashko as Sedmoy *Aleksey Faddeev as Ponomar *

Sergey Sosnovsky Sergey Valentinovich Sosnovsky (russian: link=y, Серге́й Валенти́нович Сосно́вский; 1 January 1955 – 3 July 2022) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Awarded a People's Artist of Russia (2004), he appeared in 100 ...

as Kazak * Vladislav Kotlyarsky as prosecutor

Production

The filming began in October 2017. The shooting took place at a real factory of reinforced concrete structures in the Sokolniki district (Moscow), the work of the plant was not stopped during the shooting.

Reception

The film received average ratings from film critics. According to

Andrei Konchalovsky Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (russian: link=no, Андрей Сергеевич Михалков-Кончаловский; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian filmmaker. He has worked in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian ...

, Bykov everything goes into the plot, instead of doing the main thing, the meaning of life.

References

External links

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«Прямолинейно»: Иностранная пресса о «Заводе» Быкова
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