Nirvana (2008/I)

Director:

Igor Voloshin

Writer:

Olga Larionova (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 July 2008 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

There's God in your rotten soul somewhere!

Plot:

Young Alisa is fed up with her life in Moscow, and moves to St. Petersburg. Her roommates in the collective flat are two junkies...

Plot Keywords:

Rain | Neo Noir | Drugs | Death | St. Petersburg Russia

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Olga Sutulova	...	Alisa
Mariya Shalaeva	...	Vel
Artur Smolyaninov	...	Myortvyi
Mikhail Evlanov	...	Laruss
Andrei Khabarov	...	Boll
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tatyana Samojlova	...	Margarita Ivanovna

Directed by
Igor Voloshin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Olga Larionova		screenplay

Produced by
Sergei Dolgoshein	....	executive producer
Irina Pavlova	....	executive producer
Sergei Selyanov	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexander Kopeikin		(as Aleksandr Kopeykin)

Cinematography by
Dmitri Yashonkov

Film Editing by
Tatyana Kuzmichyova

Casting by
Marina Fotieva
Alla Petelina

Production Design by
Pavel Parkhomenko

Set Decoration by
Aleksandr Galeyev
Anastasiya Karimulina
Svyatoslav Korsakov

Costume Design by
Nadezhda Vasilyeva

Makeup Department
Anna Esmont	....	makeup designer
Kseniya Malkina	....	makeup artist
Darya Vasilkova	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Maxim Volodin	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tatyana Chistova	....	assistant director
Natalya Savchenko	....	third assistant director
Aleksei Vozny	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Aleksei Blinov	....	property master

Sound Department
Stéphane Albinet	....	production sound mixer
Vladimir Golounin	....	sound editor
Alexander Kopeikin	....	sound designer
Alexander Kopeikin	....	supervising sound editor
Maxim Romasevich	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Pavel Babkin	....	visual effects
Denis Falida	....	visual effects
Dmitry Glukhov	....	visual effects
Nikolay Goriaev	....	visual effects supervisor
Alexey Goussev	....	visual effects producer: Algous Studio
Sergei Kvitko	....	visual effects
Aleksei Petrovsky	....	visual effects
Axe Tony	....	digital effects artist: Algous Studio
Alexey Volkov	....	digital effects artist: Algous Studio
Andrei Zhidkov	....	digital effects artist

Editorial Department
Sonya Rozhanskaya	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Alexander Kopeikin	....	music supervisor (as Aleksandr Kopeykin)

Other crew
Alexandr Soloviev	....	low loader operator

Production Companies

• Kinokompaniya CTB
• STV

Distributors

• Intercinema XXI Century (2008) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Nashe Kino (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Algous Studio  visual effects

Also Known As:

Runtime:

93 min | Russia:90 min | Germany:89 min (Berlin Film Festival)

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Company:

Kinokompaniya CTB

Soundtrack:

Let Go

Do not believe the average score! (read)

I saw this movie at Stockholms international film festival earlier today. I found the movie fascinating as it had an atmosphere so thick that one could cut it with a butter knife.

I think the main reason why people seems to have disliked it is because of what it is and what it is not. I think people who disliked it, didn't like the idea of a futuristic St Petersburg and didn't like the futuristic art, clothing and make-up or the cold sterile/dirty contrasts. But that is what the picture was focused on and with that in that in mind it took all of the aforementioned things and executed them in a very beautiful way. The film didn't try to be a "normal" picture in any way and that kind of criticism, which I presume is the reason why people have been negative, is therefore stupid and irrelevant. The end of the film makes the most astounding contrast and gives the film a whole new view.

Furthermore, it features great cinematography and was very well casted as every actor feels as if they were born to make their role-characters come to life on the silver screen. I was impressed by the film and hopes that it reaches the audience it deserves. It could very well become a Blade Runner or Dark City of Russia.