Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
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Natasha runs the canteen at a secret 1950s Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute's employees, scientists and visiting foreign guests. Natasha's world is a small one, split between the demands of the canteen during the day and alcohol fuelled nights with her younger colleague Olga, during which the two confide their hopes of romance and for a different future. At a party one evening Natasha becomes close to a visiting French scientist Luc Bige and the two sleep together. The following day her life takes a dramatic turn when she is summoned to an interrogation by the KGB's General Vladimir Azhippo who questions the nature of her relationship with the foreign guest.
Berlin International Film Festival 2020
Cast: Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexey Blinov, Luc Bigé, Alexandr Bozhik, Anatoly Sidko, Raisa Voloshchuk, Valery Andreev
Writer: Ilya Khrzhanovsky (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Jürgen Jürges
Production Designer: Denis Shibanov
Editor: Brand Thumim
Sound Designer: Stefan Smith, Rob Walker
Costume Designer: Olga Bekritskaya, Irina Tsvetkova
Direction team: Vera Levchenko (Assistant Director), Inna Schorr (Assistant Director)
Producers: Svetlana Dragayeva, Susanne Marian, Alexandra Timofeeva
Production: Phenomen Films, Phenomen Berlin, Phenomen Ukraine
