Betrayal (2012)

A romance between two strangers who discover that their partners are lovers.

Director:

Kirill Serebrennikov

Writers:

Natalya Nazarova, Kirill Serebrennikov

Stars:

Franziska Petri, Dejan Lilic, Albina Dzhanabaeva

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Franziska Petri	...	Woman
Dejan Lilic	...	Man
Albina Dzhanabaeva	...	Man's First Wife
Andrei Shchetinin	...	Woman's First Husband
Arturs Skrastins	...	Woman's Second Husband
Svetlana Mamresheva	...	Man's Second Wife
Guna Zarina	...	Investigator
Nina Gerai	...	Nurse

Storyline

A young man goes to see a doctor for a random check-up. Although they don't seem to know each other, the doctor, a young woman, tells him that his wife is cheating on him with her husband. The man doesn't know whether to believe her at first and he is stuck between fear and paranoia. He decides not to confront his wife, and goes back to the doctor who, in order to make him believe, gives him a guided tour of the hotel where their partners are supposed to meet. Soon enough, the betrayed couple starts a relationship on its own, although it remains unclear whether they do this out of real love, revenge, or mutual sympathy for being in the same situation.

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Plot Keywords:

husband wife relationship | cheating wife | extramarital affair | woman shaving her armpits | female detective | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Mikhail Boyarsky/Albina Dzhanabaeva/Garbage (2012)

User Reviews

silhouettes

a film like exploration of ideas. about love, the other, reflection of yourself in the near person. need of revenge and stability and happiness. beautiful. interesting. but a kind of iceberg. because all is reduced at suggestion. and the tradition of Russian meditation about the great themes of life is a not small resource in this sense. the film has all for be an admirable work - cinematography, actors, dialogues. but the story in real and profound sense is missing. and, out of doubt, for a part of public this could be a good thing. because it is a Russian film. so... different. but only for a part of public.

Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

6 September 2013 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Betrayal

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$620,040

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Russian Cinema Fund, Salt Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1