Aleksandr ROGOZHKIN
Александр РОГОЖКИН
Aleksandr ROGOJKINE
Russia, 1999, 98mn 
Colour, fiction
Blokpost
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Блокпост

 

 Le Poste

 Blokpost

 
Directed by : Aleksandr ROGOZHKIN (Александр РОГОЖКИН)
Writing credits : Aleksandr ROGOZHKIN (Александр РОГОЖКИН)
 
Cast
Andrey KRASKO (Андрей КРАСКО)
Roman ROMANTSOV (Роман РОМАНЦОВ)
Egor TOMASHEVSKY (Егор ТОМАШЕВСКИЙ)
Kirill ULYANOV (Кирилл УЛЬЯНОВ)
 
Cinematography : Andrey ZHEGALOV (Андрей ЖЕГАЛОВ)
Production design : Vladimir KARTASHOV (Владимир КАРТАШОВ)
Music : Vladislav PANTCHENKO (Владислав ПАНЧЕНКО)
Produced by : Konstantin ERNST (Константин ЭРНСТ), Mikhail KIRILIUK (Михаил КИРИЛЮК), Sergey SELIANOV (Сергей СЕЛЬЯНОВ)
Production : CTB, ОРТ
Release date in Russia : 18/03/1999
 
format : 35 mm

Awards :
First prize Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1999
Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics Prize Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1999
FIPRESCI Prize Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1999

Plot synopsis
A raid by Russian soldiers on a house in the Caucasus yields a surprising find - a young crippled local boy with a mine and a hammer. The soldiers stare in disbelief as the lad bashes away at the mine with all his might before deciding it is best to scarper. In true cinematic style, the house dramatically explodes behind them, as they make their escape. Although they have survived this attempt to kill them, they are not out of trouble yet; the locals are rather of the opinion that the Russians were responsible for the blast, and a riot ensues. In calming the crowd, a woman and a local police commander get shot, and it is clear that the case will be investigated. Whilst the enquiry takes place, the soldiers are posted to a far-off and inhospitable border checkpoint, and this is where the conflict really flares up.<...>
Andrew J Horton www.ce-review.org
 

Commentaries and bibliography
До, во время и после войны [Avant, pendant et après la guerre], Виктор ФИЛИМОНОВ, kinoart.ru, 2023
90-е. Кино, которое мы потеряли, Larisa MALUKOVA, Зебра Е ; 2007 г., 2007
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2009
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1999
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1999
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 1999