Vasili SIGAREV
Василий СИГАРЕВ
Vassili SIGAREV
Russia, 2015, 100mn 
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Страна Оз

 

 The land of Oz

 Le Pays d'Oz

 
Directed by : Vasili SIGAREV (Василий СИГАРЕВ)
Writing credits : Andrey ILENKOV (Андрей ИЛЬЕНКОВ), Vasili SIGAREV (Василий СИГАРЕВ)
 
Cast
Yana TROYANOVA (Яна ТРОЯНОВА)
Gosha KUTSENKO (Гоша КУЦЕНКО)
Andrey ILENKOV (Андрей ИЛЬЕНКОВ)
Aleksandr BASHIROV (Александр БАШИРОВ)
Inna CHURIKOVA (Инна ЧУРИКОВА)
Daria EKAMASOVA (Дарья ЕКАМАСОВА)
Svetlana KAMYNINA (Светлана КАМЫНИНА)
Alisa KHAZANOVA (Алиса ХАЗАНОВА)
Vladimir SIMONOV (Владимир СИМОНОВ)
Yulia SNIGIR (Юлия СНИГИРЬ)
Yevgeni TSYGANOV (Евгений ЦЫГАНОВ)
 
Cinematography : Dmitry ULYUKAEV (Дмитрий УЛЮКАЕВ)
Production design : Anton POLIKARPOV (Антон ПОЛИКАРПОВ)
Editing : Daria DANILOVA (Дарья ДАНИЛОВА)
Produced by : Dmitry ULYUKAEV (Дмитрий УЛЮКАЕВ)
Companies : Белое Зеркало / Beloe Zerkalo [White Mirror)
Film revenue in Russia : 0.3076 million dollars
Spectators : 88 270
Release Date in Russia : 03/12/2015
 

Awards :
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Inna CHURIKOVA , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2016
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Inna CHURIKOVA , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2016
Best actress Yana TROYANOVA , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2016
Best Screenplay Vasili SIGAREV , Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2015
Guilde of Russian Director Prize Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2015

Plot synopsis
The Russian New Year. With uncontrollable force, the annual hurricane sweeps across the “sixth of the world”. This hurricane brings the infantile Lena from her clear little world to the country of strange wizards – with an Olivier salad and a herring tucked in under her fur coat. These wizards can perform incredible miracles: they can do a triple toe-loop from the third floor, drive a car without using their hands, or take an ordinary firework to reach the centre of the earth. They command the energy of Tsigun and Tantra. Unwittingly, they can surprise the enemy, cast spells to burn down castles and even revive loved ones.
This improbable country is full of dangers, and Lena has to cross it in the company of the dog Tyutya, as she searches for the treasured booth where there the fight between good and neutral is on.
 

commentaries
The Most Significant Russian Films of the Last Decade [2005-2016], Academic Studies Press, 2019
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "Forbidden" contemporary Films, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2017
- Europe around Europe, Paris (France), 2016
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2016
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2016
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2016
- Russian film symposium. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (USA), 2016
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2015

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