On September 5, 2020, the film "Kitoboy" directed by Philip Yuryeva was shown at the Venice Film Festival. The author's approach to the history of the Chukotka boy who met the first love on the video chat screen was appreciated by the program "Days of authors" from the youth jury in Italy, and also noted by the Prize of the Film Festival "Kinotavr".
Actors, roles and curious facts about the shooting of the surrealistic plot - in the material 24cm.
Plot
The 15-year-old Chukotka guy Leshka falls in love with the girl from the video chat. Between him and sweetheart less than 100 km. The hero studies the tutorial of English, and then decides to go in search of first love, leaving the harsh life of the family's breadwinner.Actors
- Vladimir Onokhov - Leshka, who participates in the hunt for whales and spreads the meat of old men in the Chukotka village. Grandfather Hero is going to die, but his time has not come yet. In the creative biography of the artist Movie "Kitoboy" - debut work in cinema, for which he received the "Cinevian" award for the best male role.
- Christina Asmus - a girl under the nickname Hollysweet_999, living in Detroit and looking from the screen on Leschka in underwear, fascinated a teenager and inspired him to cross the Bering Strait on the engine boat. Previously, in the filmography, the actress was the project "Text", where the performer was also able to reveal in an erotic amplua.
- ARIE WORTHALTER - a representative of the American side. In the career of the actor, the projects "Maternal instinct" and "steep measures" were noticeable.
The film also starred : Gennady Jewout, Laziz Wawdullaeva, Maria Chuprinskaya.
Interesting Facts
1. The release date of the film to the Russian rental - October 8, 2020.
2. For the director of the filippope project Yurieva, the film "Kitoboy" is the debut work, which he devoted 8 years, starting to create a scenario idea immediately after the end of Vgika.
3. Leshka and his friend performed Chukotka guys. The actor to the main role director found in the boarding school. The character of Vladimir Onokhov turned out to be difficult. The film crew had to adapt to the mood of the artist, and if his girl did not respond to SMS messages, then everything remained to wait, when the voyas wanted to work. In essence, young heroes had to play themselves.
4. The shooting took place in the village of Lorino on Chukotka. In the frame there are documentary scenes of hunting Morversa. Some scenes shot Igor Volkov - star filming from a quadcopter.
5. The film director stressed that during work on the episode of the chipping of China, it was sick of the smell of death. He could not touch the meat of production. Nevertheless, Philip Yuryev called Kitobyun a honest hunt.
6. The film has a mystical line associated with spirits.
7. Christina Asmus after attack by Follov, condemned her work in the film "Text", wanted to abandon the project. But, examined the material deeper, the performer decided to take part in the shooting. Her scene was filmed by one double, which lasted 43 minutes. According to the actress, it was the longest double in her career.
8. In the film there are spectacular Far Eastern landscapes, as well as episodes rich in images and symbolism. So, the audience will see a gigantic whale skull, similar to women's Lono.
9. Separately, it is worth noting musical accompaniment. In the first frames, the song Julie Cruz from the TV series "Twin-Pix" sounds. Viewers will also hear only The Lonely Roy Orbison.
10. The slogan of the film sounds from the mouth of patrol in the Bering Strait: "There is Alaska, and there - Chukotka. America - Russia. Past is the future. "
11. According to critics, the film "Kitoboy" strikes the scenario in the spirit of "Sandense" festivals and overflow between mythology and "film".