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Gloss

Original title: Glyanets
  • 2007
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.1K
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Official Russian "Gloss" poster
ComedyDrama

A pretty, young girl from a coal-mining town comes to Moscow with dreams of becoming a supermodel in this satirical look at the fashion industry.A pretty, young girl from a coal-mining town comes to Moscow with dreams of becoming a supermodel in this satirical look at the fashion industry.A pretty, young girl from a coal-mining town comes to Moscow with dreams of becoming a supermodel in this satirical look at the fashion industry.

  • Director
    • Andrey Konchalovskiy
  • Writers
    • Andrey Konchalovskiy
    • Avdotya Smirnova
  • Stars
    • Yuliya Vysotskaya
    • Irina Rozanova
    • Aleksandr Domogarov
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Andrey Konchalovskiy
    • Writers
      • Andrey Konchalovskiy
      • Avdotya Smirnova
    • Stars
      • Yuliya Vysotskaya
      • Irina Rozanova
      • Aleksandr Domogarov
    • 4User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Yuliya Vysotskaya in Gloss (2007)
    Aleksey Serebryakov and Efim Shifrin in Gloss (2007)
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    Yuliya Vysotskaya
    Yuliya Vysotskaya
    • Galya
    Irina Rozanova
    Irina Rozanova
    • Marina Yurevna
    Aleksandr Domogarov
    Aleksandr Domogarov
    • Misha Klimenko
    Efim Shifrin
    • Mark Shifer
    Aleksey Serebryakov
    Aleksey Serebryakov
    • Stasis
    Gennadiy Smirnov
    • Petya
    Ilya Isaev
    Ilya Isaev
    • Vitek
    Olga Meloyanina
    • Zhanna
    Olga Arntgolts
    • Nastya
    Andrey Noskov
    Andrey Noskov
    • Gleb
    Aleksandr Ilin
    Aleksandr Ilin
    • Chmur
    Artemiy Troitskiy
    • Mark
    Yola Sanko
    Yola Sanko
    • Mat Gali
    • (as Ela Sanko)
    Juris Laucinsh
    • Otets Gali
    • (as Yuris Lautsinsh)
    Tatyana Arntgolts
    Tatyana Arntgolts
    • Oksana
    Oleg Komarov
    Oleg Komarov
    • Oligarkh
    Alexey Grishin
    Alexey Grishin
    • Rezhisser
    Mikhail Politseymako
    Mikhail Politseymako
    • Zhurnalist
    • Director
      • Andrey Konchalovskiy
    • Writers
      • Andrey Konchalovskiy
      • Avdotya Smirnova
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    • Crazy credits
      Vot i skazochke konets, (And here's the ending to this little jest,) a kto smotrel, tot Molodets!!! (and those who watched it, they're the Best!!!)
    • Connections
      Spin-off Fashion (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      O Sole mio
      Sung by Dima Bilan

    User reviews4

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    10/10
    Outstanding Konchalovskiy drama.
    The fact that this film has not drawn more attention makes you wonder who is going to the movies and who is writing about them today. I caught it unannounced on the ethic channel, which was heavy trailering LUST CAUTION at the time.

    Konchalovskiy has always been a festival film front-runner and his SIBERIADE is one of the best films made by the Soviets. He's someone whose views on his society have not been forefronted in his films to date, which is good new / bad news. GLOSS breaks with that tradition.

    This one gets stuck into Russia in the time of the oligarchs, mail order brides and the free market. Konchalovskiy doesn't like this any more than his brother liked Stalin in BURNED BY THE SUN. The film strives for significance, with the character commenting "It isn't perestroika now. It's globalization." The resemblance to the Julie Christie film DARLING, along with the use of old western pop music gives things an anachronistic, old fashioned quality, which may be the intention. The fashion designer is told his work is out of date in an era where they make sculptures out of urine in London - which is itself out of date.

    The leading lady from the director's DOM DARAKOV is back, getting one of the great female roles, going from sweatshop vamp to leader of Russian society and getting more makeovers than the Universal Pictures trade mark. She registers as gorgeous and startlingly transformed. It is a strength of the film that we are not sure whether hers is a success story or not.

    Film making is imposing, even with dodgy attempts at high style - the flash dissolves in the scene of beating the "Zionist" journo. They still have trouble getting a full spectrum out of their lab work, though the end credits assure us they are using Eastmancolor. Added to which there is an abundance of topless - and bottomless - female flesh of a high order on display.

    Whether or not the film's attempts at shock impact are naive or nicely judged it is one of the most memorable items circulating and leaves the Almodovar- Girl With the Dragon Tattoo twaddle that fills up the specialized theatres in it's dust.
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    • Sep 7, 2010

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 23, 2007 (Russia)
    • Country of origin
      • Russia
    • Official site
      • Official site (Russia)
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Parlaklık
    • Filming locations
      • Serednikovo manor house, Serednikovo, Moscow oblast, Russia(manor house in scene with 3 cars)
    • Production companies
      • Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky
      • uFilm
      • Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,247,719
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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