Dmitry GRACHEV
Дмитрий ГРАЧЕВ
Dmitri GRATCHEV
Russia, 2014, 80mn 
fiction
The Calculator / Titanium
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Вычислитель

 

 Titanium

 Vychislitel

 
Directed by : Dmitry GRACHEV (Дмитрий ГРАЧЕВ)
Writing credits : Dmitry GRACHEV (Дмитрий ГРАЧЕВ), Aleksandr_2 GROMOV (Александр_2 ГРОМОВ), Andrey KUTUZA (Андрей КУТУЗА)
 
Cast
Yevgeni MIRONOV (Евгений МИРОНОВ) ...Erwin Kahn
Anna CHIPOVSKAYA (Анна ЧИПОВСКАЯ) ...Christie
Vinnie JONES (Винни ДЖОНС)
Nikita PANFILOV (Никита ПАНФИЛОВ)
Kirill KOZAKOV (Кирилл КОЗАКОВ)
 
Cinematography : Ivan GUDKOV (Иван ГУДКОВ)
Production design : Andrey TALOVIROV (Андрей ТАЛОВИРОВ)
Music : Aleksey AIGY (Алексей АЙГИ)
Editing : Dmitry GRACHEV (Дмитрий ГРАЧЕВ), Igor LITONINSKY (Игорь ЛИТОНИНСКИЙ)
Produced by : Fyodor BONDARCHUK (Федор БОНДАРЧУК), Aleksey KURENKOV (Алексей КУРЕНКОВ), Dmitry MEDNIKOV (Дмитрий МЕДНИКОВ)
Production : Art Pictures Studio, VGTRK
Film revenue in Russia : 0.442819 million dollars
Spectators : 193 600
Release date in Russia : 18/12/2014
 
Sites : Page Allociné, Page IMDb
VOD or DVD release in France : 2015-07-14, Site

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Condor Entertainment. 2015. Titre : Titanium

Plot synopsis
Ten prisoners condemned to exile on a hostile planet XT-59 must pave the way through swamp to reach the Islands of Happiness, the only safe area on the planet, before the harsh climate or the underground horrors kill them all.
Source: imdb.com
 

Commentaries and bibliography
TITANIUM de Dmitry Grachev : la critique du film [Sortie DVD], Nicolas RIEUX, mondocine.net, 2015
Dmitrii Grachev, The Calculator (Vychislitel’, 2014), Alexander PROKHOROV, Kinokultura, 2014
 
The Russian original title 'Vychislitel' ('calculator') refers to the special skills of Ervin. He is a rather emotionless guy who calculates his chances to survive very carefully. Thus we get a duel between the thinking man and the violent one, quite the opposite of 'Riddick' where simply only the strong survive. In a good tradition of Russian SF this movie is character driven, and the dialogs between Ervin and Kristi during their voyage are well written. I was less convinced with the off monologues, too wordy, explaining more than necessary, while more important questions remain open, for example the motivation of the government and the reasons for the system. All in all, 'Titanium' aka 'Vychislitel' is an interesting movie, worth watching, but not top of the crop in independent SF.
imdb.com

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- VOD or DVD release in France of the film:, Different cities (France), 2015

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