Who If Not Us
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| Directed by | Valeriy Priyomykhov |
| Written by | Valeriy Priyomykhov |
| Produced by | Galina Shadur Karen Shakhnazarov |
| Starring | Yevgeny Krainov Artur Smolyaninov Valeriy Priyomykhov |
| Cinematography | Aleksandr Nosovsky |
| Edited by | Lyudmila Sviridenko |
| Music by | Vladimir Martynov |
Production companies | Courier Film Studio Mosfilm |
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Running time | 89 min. |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Who If Not Us (Russian: Кто, если не мы, romanized: Kto, esli ne my) is a Russian drama film by actor and director Valeriy Priyomykhov.[1]
Filming began in 1993, but due to lack of funding the film didn't appear on the screen for 5 years.[2]
Plot
[edit]Dreaming to get rich, teenagers Snakes and Tolya plunder the city's department store and as a result one find themselves in a colony, another in a lycee, which differs little from a colony. Having learned truly what solitude is, Snake accidentally gets acquainted with Gennady, an old man just like him, alone and difficult, dismissed from the police.
Cast
[edit]- Yevgeny Krainov as Snakes
- Artur Smolyaninov as Tolya
- Valeriy Priyomykhov as Gennady Samokhin
- Lyanka Gryu as Irochka
- Tatyana Dogileva as head of parent committee
- Albert Filozov as class teacher Anatoly Ignatievich
- Yekaterina Vasilyeva as mother at the parents' meeting
- Aleksei Panin as policeman
- Nikolai Chindyajkin as colony supervisor
- Ivan Okhlobystin as pathologist
- Nadezhda Markina as Tolya's mother
- Oleg Marusev as head teacher
- Tatyana Kravchenko as Samokhin's girlfriend
Awards and nominations
[edit]- Taormina Film Fest: Special Jury Prize (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — win
- Kinotavr: Full-Length Film — nom; Prize of Presidential Council (Valeriy Priemykhov)[3]
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival: Starboy Award (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — nom
- Nika Award: Best Screenplay (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — win; Best Director (Valeriy Priyomykhov), Best Actor (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — nom[2]
- Artek Film Festival: Young Artist Awards (Artur Smolyaninov) — win