Once Upon a Time in the Provinces
Odnazhdy v provintsii(Russia) A Central Partnership, Tan-Film Studio production, with the support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography. Produced by Ruben Dishdishyan, Aram Movsesyan Sergey Danielyan, Yuri Moroz. Directed, written by Katya Shagalova.
With: Yulia Peresild, Elvira Bolgova, Aleksandr Golubev, Leonid Bichevin, Aidys Shoigu, Lyubov Tolkalina, Natalya Soldatova, Aleksandr Skotnikov, Sakhat Dursunov.
The scars of Chechnya mark the bodies, minds and destinies of the young men and women at the center of "Once Upon a Time in the Provinces," Katya Shagalova's contemporary saga of provincial apathy. On the surface, nothing seems particularly Chekhovian about this group of twentysomething proles who drink, fight and screw their days away. Yet the atmosphere of febrile discontent that hangs over the town feels eerily familiar; factory workers and generals' daughters replace Chekhov's aristocrats and military men, while skinheads sub for the ...