Short Stories (2012)
A young writer brings a collection of short stories to a big Moscow publishing house. The manuscript stays at the office and mysteriously influences the lives of anyone who opens it and reads at least one page. There are four stories in the manuscript, and four readers whose lives are changed after reading them. The situations range from realistic to absurd to thrilling to create a rich portrait of life in contemporary Russia and showcase the thoughts, feelings and ambitions of people who live there.
Director: Mikhail Segal
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Andrey Merzlikin as Event Planner |
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Igor Ugolnikov as President |
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Tamara Mironova as Anna Petrovna |
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Konstantin Yushkevich as Maks |
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Vladislav Leshkevich as Writer |
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Lyubov Aksyonova as Girl |
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Daria Nosik as Olya |
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Sergey Fetisov as Governor |
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Elena Nesterova as Irina |
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Vasily Michkov as Aleksey |
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Andrey Petrov as Mitya |
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Sergey Yefremov as mayor's deputy |
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Maksim Gromov as adventurer |
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Anatoliy Golub as officer |
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Viktor Manaev as principal |
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Anatoly Dlussky as mayor |
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Gleb Orlov as Lenin |
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Denis Baranovsky as governor's guard |
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Viktor Molchan as mayor |
| Directing | Mikhail Segal | Director |
| Writing | Mikhail Segal | Writer |
| Sound | Andjei Petras | Music |
| Visual Effects | Andrey Mesnyankin | VFX Supervisor |
| Camera | Sergey Gulin | Additional Director of Photography |
| Production | Elena Berezovskaya | Casting Director |
| Camera | Viktor Bormotov | Additional Director of Photography |
| Art | Vitaliy Trukhanenko | Production Design |
| Production | Aleksandr Plotnikov | Co-Producer |
| Production | Andrey Kretov | Producer |
| Editing | Mikhail Segal | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimir Kuptsov | Costume Design |
| Camera | Eduard Moshkovich | Director of Photography |
| Production | Anastasiya Kavunovskaya | Producer |