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Feature Film
Julia Vysotskaya, Alexandr Domogarov, Irina Rozanova, Yefim Shifrin, Alexei Serebryakov, Tatiana Arntgolts, Olga Arntgolts, Iliya Isaev, Mikhail Politseimako, Yuris Lautsinsh, Yola Sanko, Marina Politseimako, Alexei Grishin
| Russia, 2007, 117 min. a bitter comedy about sweet life |
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Producer |
Andrei Konchalovsky |
Scriptwriters |
Andrei Konchalovsky, Avdotya Smirnova |
Director |
Andrei Konchalovsky |
Photography director |
Maria Solovyeva R.G.C. |
Production designer |
Ekaterina Zaletaeva |
Film editor |
Olga Grinshpun |
Original music |
Eduard Artyemev |
Original music |
Vlad Loktev |
Galya, a simple seamstress, comes to Moscow from Rostov-na-Donu. She dreams, like so many other girls of her age, of becoming a supermodel and seeing her photograph on the cover of the most fashionable glossy magazine. She doesn't want to work in a clothes factory and follow in her parents’ footsteps, especially as she is sure that thanks to her beauty she will triumph in the capital. Time passes and Galya's photograph does indeed appear on the cover of glossy magazine, but the price she'll have to pay will be much higher than she had ever imagined...
Official website: http://www.glyanec.ru
Ôèëüì î ôèëüìå (Film about film)
Óäàëåííàÿ ñöåíà (Deleted scene)
…Once again, Andrei Sergeevich has captured our society perfectly. A society which screams: “what's now in fashion in Russia is the indiscreet charm of the bourgeoisie.” Konchalovsky shows gloss for what it really is…
Natalya Bobrova
the "Vechernyaya Moskva" newspaper…In the ritual of consumer seduction any product with a glossy sugar-coated exterior is presented as being perfect: a fraction more and it will be sickly. However, this stage is never reached, for nothing lies under that mask of sweet life; in the end all that is consumed is emptiness. The symbol of glamour is a hollow Faberge egg…
Vladimir Ermakov
the "Orlovsky vestnik" newspaper…The world of glamour has become very similar to petrol stations. In our world today there is no real difference between opening a petrol station and publishing a magazine. The latter has lost all intellectual value; it no longer fulfills one’s desires. It has become pure business...
Andrei Bartenev
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