Temnyy mir (2010)

In Russia, the mystic student of linguistic Marina Leonova is in love with her boyfriend Artur. However, he blows her off and dates their schoolmate Vika. When their class travels to the ... See full summary »

Director:

Anton Megerdichev

Writers:

Aleksand Dorbinian, Aleksei Sidorov

Stars:

Svetlana Ivanova, Ivan Zhidkov, Elena Panova

Cast

Credited cast:
Svetlana Ivanova	...	Marina
Ivan Zhidkov	...	Kostya
Elena Panova	...	Khelvi
Sergei Ugryumov	...	Aleksandr
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ilya Alekseyev	...	Artur
Evgeniy Atarik	...	Assistant Aleksandr
Olga Grishova	...	Queen of the Witches
Zakhar Khungureev
George Klyuyev
Mariya Kozhevnikova	...	Vika
Tatyana Kuznetsova	...	Old woman
Vladimir Malyugin
Vladimir Nosik	...	Sergey Rudolfovich
Alina Orlova
Kseniya Radchenko	...	Valya

Storyline

In Russia, the mystic student of linguistic Marina Leonova is in love with her boyfriend Artur. However, he blows her off and dates their schoolmate Vika. When their class travels to the countryside with their Professor Sergey Rudolfovich to research mystic spots, they meet a weird old lady in the forest and she invites them to have a meal with her. The outcast Marina stays by the lake and Artur seeks her to have sex. However they are surprised by their friends and the ashamed Marina runs to the forest. Kostya, who has a crush on Marina, follows her and they get lost in the woods. Marina and Kostya reach an abandoned house and Marina decides to explore the spot. She finds the mummified corpse of a witch holding a shield and she is possessed by a force and faints. Sergey and his students find her and he call a rescue team to help Marina. However, a violent elite squad in a helicopter arrives instead and sooner the students discover that the Minister of Mining Aleksandr is the son of ...

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Genres:

Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [ru]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

7 October 2010 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Dark World

Company Credits

Production Co:

Central Partnership, Shaman Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Messy, but Very Entertaining

In Russia, the mystic student of linguistic Marina Leonova (Svetlana Ivanova) is in love with her boyfriend Artur (Ilya Alekseyev); however he blows her off and dates their schoolmate Vika (Mariya Kozhevnikova). When their class travels to the countryside with their Professor Sergey Rudolfovich (Vladimir Nosik) to research mystic spots, they meet a weird old lady in the forest and she invites them to have a meal with her. The outcast Marina stays by the lake and Artur seeks her to have sex. However they are surprised by their friends and the ashamed Marina runs to the forest. Kostya (Ivan Zhidkov), who has a crush on Marina, follows her and they get lost in the woods.

Marina and Kostya reach an abandoned house and Marina decides to explore the spot. She finds the mummified corpse of a witch holding a shield and she is possessed by a force and faints. Sergey and his students find her and he call a rescue team to help the Marina. However, a violent elite squad in a helicopter arrives instead and sooner the students discover that the Minister of Mining Aleksandr (Sergei Ugryumov) is the son of the powerful sorcerer Ylto Vallo that was murdered centuries ago by the Queen of the Witches. Aleksandr wants to retrieve the power of his father and needs the magic spell that will release his power from the shield. But Marina is also a witch and she will do anything to avoid the evil Aleksandr from getting the power.

"Temnyy Mir" is a messy, but also very entertaining film of witches. This is an unusual theme in Hollywood and this Russian film has a great beginning. Sooner the plot mixes witches, demons, helicopters, bow and arrows, powerful weapons and explosions in a complete mess. But the film is very entertaining and despite the flaws and the conclusion that recalls an Italian spaghetti, I liked it a lot. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Feitiço Negro" ("Black Spell")