Hostel (Russian: Общага, romanized: Obschaga) is a 2021 Russian teen drama film written and directed by Roman Vasyanov, adaptation of Alexei Ivanov's novel A Hostel on Spilled Blood (ru). It stars Gennady Vyrypaev, Irina Starshenbaum, Marina Vasilyeva, Nikita Yefremov, and Ilya Malanin.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Roman Vasyanov |
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| Based on | A Hostel on Spilled Blood by Alexei Ivanov |
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| Cinematography | Aleksandr Aleksandrov |
| Edited by | Sergey Ivanov |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
It is unrelated to the 2005 American film series of the same name by Sony's subsidiary Screen Gems. The film premiered in June 2021 at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival.[3] The premiere took place online on September 26, 2021, at the online cinema Kion (ru) and KinoPoisk HD.
Plot
editThe film is set in Sverdlovsk in 1984. A group of young people live in a hostel, and suddenly one student commits suicide, which radically changes the lives of friends.[4]
Cast
edit- Gennady Vyrypaev as Pavel Zabelin (Zabela), a student
- Irina Starshenbaum as Nelly Karavaeva, a female student
- Marina Vasilyeva as Sveta Leushina, a female student
- Nikita Yefremov as Vanya Simakov, a student
- Ilya Malanin as Igor Kaminsky, a student
- Yuliya Aug as Olga Botova, the commandant of the hostel
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
edit- Alyona Mikhaylova as Kira Kolesnikova, a female student
- Aleksandr Kudrenko as Renat, Olga's husband, caretaker
- Yevgeny Serzin as Yan Gaponov, Komsomol organizer
- Mariya Ivaschenko as Ira
- Lyubov Konstantinova as Nadya
- Vitaly Isakov as an investigator
- Vladislav Stavropoltsev as Bumagin
- Kseniya Plyusnina as Dasha Gorokhova
- Konstantin Plotnikov as Zhenya Gorokhov
- Tatyana Trudova as Mila
- Kirill Frolov as Generozov
- Anna Levit as a girl
Production
editThe film was directed by cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, who first appeared in a new capacity. According to him, he had long wanted to take part in the film adaptation of "Hostel on the Blood" (ru) as a cameraman, but due to the lack of a director he decided to take on this function. Vasyanov also became one of the authors of the script.[5]
References
edit- ^ Фильм Романа Васьянова "Общага" вошел в программу Шанхайского кинофестиваля
- ^ Роман Алексея Иванова "Общага-на-Крови" в киноверсии будет называться "Тенерифе"
- ^ Премьера «Общаги» Романа Васьянова состоится на Шанхайском кинофестивале
- ^ Общага 2020
- ^ "Роман Васьянов: «Я могу оставить режиссуру для удовольствия»". proficinema.ru (in Russian). Retrieved September 14, 2021.