Proline Film Studio Retrospective

City:
Saint Petersburg

Cinemas:
Angleterre Cinema Lounge

Dates:
20 May – 14 June 2014

Роль
The Role

Country: Russia
Year: 2013
Director: Konstantin Lopushansky
Cast: Maxim Suhanov, Maria Jarvenhelmi, Leonid Mozgovoy
Genres: drama, history
Language: Russian
Time: 2 hours 12 minutes
Возраст: +

The Role is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life - the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age, he decides to slip into the life of his doppelganger – a revolutionary leader in the new Soviet Russia. First intrigued, then obsessed, he flings himself into the role and lives it to the hilt… even when the play of the life he is writing heads towards a tragic finale. Based on true incidents in the lives of Russia’s symbolists, this gripping film explores how far one man will go for the role of a lifetime.

Awards and festivals:

Moscow International Film Festival - participation
Tallin International Dark Nights Film Festival - Best Actor

Schedule:

Saint Petersburg: Angleterre Cinema Lounge

8 June, Sunday