The Hope Factory (2014)
Industrial city of Norilsk: factories, cold, chemical air. The only desire of young people living here is to leave, against all odds. A docu-style, emotionally-driven drama about a young girl desperately fighting for an escape which is so blurry, and for love which is so insecure.
Director:
Natalya Meshchaninova
Writer:
Natalya Meshchaninova
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Stepan Devonin as Alyosha, 21, magician |
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Polina Shanina as |
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Danil Steklov as |
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Maksim Stoyanov as |
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Kseniya Radchenko as Yana, 20, student, khudruk's bride |
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Ivan Prill as |
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Danil Steklov as Ден |
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Darya Savelyeva as |
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Sergey Ovchinnikov as |
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Sergey Udovik as |
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Alexander Vdovin as |
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Mikhail Troynik as |
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Vsevolod Lisovskiy as |
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Marina Ivanova as |
| Directing | Natalya Meshchaninova | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alana Snetkova | Costume Design |
| Editing | Dmitriy Kubasov | Editor |
| Production | Zaur Bolotaev | Producer |
| Camera | Ivan Mamonov | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ivan Ugarov | Writer |
| Art | Olga Yurasova | Production Design |
| Editing | Daria Danilova | Editor |
| Writing | Lyubov Mulmenko | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Arpine Khachyan | Casting Director |
| Sound | Zhak Polyakov | Music |
| Sound | Saulius Urbanavičius | Sound Director |
| Production | Pyotr Gudkov | Producer |
| Writing | Natalya Meshchaninova | Screenplay |
| Production | Evgeny Semin | Producer |
| Production | Elena Stepanishcheva | Producer |
| Production | Aleksandr Plotnikov | Producer |
| Camera | Evgeny Tsvetkov | Director of Photography |