Yevgeni SEMYONOV
Евгений СЕМЕНОВ
Evgueni SEMIONOV
Russia, 2009, 78mn 
Colour, fiction
How to Catch a Shoplifter
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Как поймать магазинного вора

 

 Comment attraper un voleur de magasins

 Kak poimat magazinnogo vora

Other titles : Catching a Thief
 
Directed by : Yevgeni SEMYONOV (Евгений СЕМЕНОВ)
Writing credits : Yaroslava PULINOVICH (Ярослава ПУЛИНОВИЧ)
 
Cast
Sergey ALIMPIEV (Сергей АЛИМПИЕВ) ...Max
Vladimir KARPOV (Владимир КАРПОВ)
Aleksandra KULIKOVA (Александра КУЛИКОВА) ...Vera
Yevgeni SHUMEYKO (Евгений ШУМЕЙКО) ...Denis
Aleksandra SYCHEVSKAYA (Александра СЫЧЕВСКАЯ) ...Nastya
 
Cinematography : Stepan KOVALENKO (Степан КОВАЛЕНКО)
Music : Yevgeni SEMYONOV (Евгений СЕМЕНОВ), Vladimir SVETOZAROV (Владимир СВЕТОЗАРОВ)
Sound : Igor TEREKHOV (Игорь ТЕРЕХОВ)
Produced by : Vyacheslav TELNOV (Вячеслав ТЕЛЬНОВ)
Production : Lenfilm
 

Plot synopsis
The action takes place during five days in chase of liberality, freedom from people and money. Nastya is 15 years old, Denis – 23, Vera is 30. The first two characters are shoplifters, Vera represents the world of easy profit which they hate. Chance circumstances brought them together and turned their lives upside down. They realized that stealing sometimes might be a good and funny affair.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco (Principality of Monaco), 2012
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2011
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2011
- Cinema and Theater Festival ''Autumn of Love'', Blagoveshchensk (Russia), 2011