Section: Feature Film Competition

Mezhsezonie

In Limbo

Alexander Hant
Russia, 2021, 110 Min

A high-energy road movie that takes in the vastness of provincial Russia. Two teenagers in a riotous state reminiscent of a cross between “Thelma and Louise” and “Natural Born Killers”. The rebellious Sasha and Danny flee from their repressive parents. A magical, amorous journey begins, though essentially playing with fire they soon find themselves hunted by special forces as if they were hardened criminals.

After Sasha and Danny are caught red-handed at a wild party and Sasha is ordered to study at home by her tyrannical stepfather, the policeman Victor, the two run away. From their native Yekaterinburg they head out into the wild, impenetrable forests of the east. While Victor does everything in his power to see Danny confined to a youth detention centre, the teenagers proceed to test the limits both of themselves and the wider world. Hubris is followed by intimacy, though the pair's earnest embrace is soon and most abruptly replaced by brute force. For a short time both live out their dreams of anger, love and rebellion, that is until they are faced with a rude awakening. Phenomenally performed and peppered with original picture compositions, this is a film that asks us whether we have been witness to the extremes of two excessively pubescent youngsters or a well-reasoned revolt against trying circumstances.

Drehbuch
Vlad Malakhov, Alexander Hant
Kamera
Natalia Makarova
Schnitt
Katya Truba
Darsteller
Igor Ivanov, Jenia Vinogradova, Olga Sakhanova, Janna Pugacheva. Konstantin Gatsalov
Produzent
Maxim Dobromyslov, Alexander Hant, Ruben Dishdishan
Produktion
Perevorot
Kontakt
Perevorot
Maxim Dobromyslov
m.dobromyslov@yandex.ru
Alexander Hant

Alexander Hant - He was born in Russia. After graduating from VGIK in 2015, he released his debut film "How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home" in 2017. The film won the Grand Prix at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, as well as the Nika Award - the main annual national film award in Russia presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science.

2020 Quarantine, short film
2018 Muse, short film
2017 How Viktor, The Garlic, Took Alexey, The Stud to the Nursing Home, feature film
2012 Dinner, short film
2011 At the opera, short film

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