Rezo GIGINISHVILY
Резо ГИГИНЕИШВИЛИ
Rezo GUIGUINEICHVILI
Russia, 2006, 100mn 
Colour, fiction
Heat
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Жара

 

 Chaleur / Jara

 Zhara

 
Directed by : Rezo GIGINISHVILY (Резо ГИГИНЕИШВИЛИ)
Writing credits : Rezo GIGINISHVILY (Резо ГИГИНЕИШВИЛИ)
 
Cast
Fyodor BONDARCHUK (Федор БОНДАРЧУК)
Aleksey CHADOV (Алексей ЧАДОВ)
Aleksandr GOLUBEV (Александр ГОЛУБЕВ)
Leonid GROMOV (Леонид ГРОМОВ)
Tigran KEOSAYAN (Тигран КЕОСАЯН)
Konstantin KRIUKOV (Константин КРЮКОВ)
Tatyana LIUTAYEVA (Татьяна ЛЮТАЕВА)
Mikhail PORECHENKOV (Михаил ПОРЕЧЕНКОВ)
Irina RAKHMANOVA (Ирина РАХМАНОВА)
Irina SKOBTSEVA (Ирина СКОБЦЕВА)
Artur SMOLYANINOV (Артур СМОЛЬЯНИНОВ)
Igor VERNIK (Игорь ВЕРНИК)
Mikhail VLADIMIROV (Михаил ВЛАДИМИРОВ)
 
Production design : Aleksandr KIM (Александр КИМ)
Produced by : Fyodor BONDARCHUK (Федор БОНДАРЧУК), Aleksandr RODNYANSKY (Александр РОДНЯНСКИЙ)
Production : Art Pictures Studio
Film revenue in Russia : 15.5 million dollars
Release date in Russia : 28/12/2006
 
Site : www.zharafilm.ru

Plot synopsis
Lyrical comedy/Urban Fairytale.
The summer of 2006. Heat. After years of separation four school friends meet in a cafe. Alexei has served in the navy. Artur, a beginning actor, spends the summer in futile search of work. Timati has a successful career as rapper. And Kostya, the son of a rich man, has returned home without completing his study in London. This hot day becomes decisive for the four friends. Within 24 hours each of our heroes finds what he most wanted.
Source : www.kinotavr.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Rezo Gigineishvili : The Heat (Zhara, 2006), Christine ENGEL, kinokultura.com, 2007
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2008
- Festival Russian cinema in Israel, Tel Aviv (Israel), 2007
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2007
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2007

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