- Country: Russia
- Genre: thriller
- Producer: Andrey Sokolov, Sergey Popov
- Starring: A. Poplavskaya, A. Pampushny, L. Dzhukharashvili, M. Abuladze, I. Toure and others.
The problem of international terrorism in modern society is one of the most important and complex. For this reason, the authors constantly refer to this topic in their work. Every year more and more new paintings come out, often based on real events. Russian actor and director Andrei Sokolov also decided to shoot a similar project. At the heart of his tape are stories of adolescents who, by chance, were involved in terrorist activities. The names of the actors involved in the movie "The Survivor" are already known, but the details of the plot and the exact release date in 2020 have not yet been announced, the trailer is also missing.
About the plot
At the moment, the details of the plot are not yet known. But judging by the name, it will be the hardest story about ordinary teenagers who have become hostages of fate and pawns in someone else's terrible game.
Production and shooting
Director - Andrei Sokolov ("Lawyer", "Artifact", "Memory of Autumn"), Sergei Popov ("I Come Out to Look for You", "The Road to Berlin", "Breakaway").
Film team:
- Producers: Elmira Aynulova ("Heavy Sand", "Private Pioneer", "Sobibor"), Maria Mikhailova ("Toy Seller", "Department", "Autumn Memory"), Maria Zhuromskaya ("Hero", "Rowan Waltz", "Private pioneer. Hooray, vacation!");
- Operator: Ilya Boyko ("My beloved mother-in-law", "Winners", "Glory");
- Artist: Maria Fomina ("Lucky in Love", "The Long Way Home").
Work on the film has been going on for over three years. During this period, the locations, scriptwriters, operator and timing have changed.
The picture is produced by the Cinema Production company.
At the very beginning, Andrei Sokolov took the director's chair. But in November 2019, on his Instagram page, he published information that he was leaving the project due to “the accumulated“ creative ”debt in the theater and other projects."
His place was taken by Sergei Popov.
Actors
The roles were performed by:
- Anton Pampushny ("Crew", "Balkan Frontier", "Coma");
- Angelina Poplavskaya ("Bad Weather", "Dyldy", "Everything Could Be Different");
- Lasha Dzhukharashvili ("Paradox");
- Malkhaz Abuladze ("High Security Vacation", "Trick", "Lev Yashin. Goalkeeper of my dreams");
- Ali Mukhamad ("Operation Mukhabat", "Sleepers 2", "Brotherhood");
- Alexander Ermakov ("Demidovs", "Aerobatics", "Teenager");
- Dmitry Mulyar ("Icebreaker", "Crew", "Intercessors");
- Georgy Gikayev.
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- For the crowd, actors were recruited among the residents of Astrakhan.
- The main part of the shooting took place in the scenery built for the film "Horde".
- More than 200 people are involved in the work process, as well as military equipment, helicopters and pyrotechnic devices.
- Initially, Milos Bikovich, Katya Shpitsa and Alexander Lazarev were supposed to play the main roles in the film. A. Sokolov spoke about this in an interview with Izvestia publishing house in the summer of 2018.
Films about terrorism have always attracted the interest of the public.
It is hoped that the viewer will also like the domestic project with an unusual plot. The cast of the movie "The Survivor" is already known, so we are waiting for the trailer, plot details and the announcement of the release date in 2020.
