Philip YANKOVSKY Филипп ЯНКОВСКИЙ Philippe YANKOVSKI   Russia, 2005, full length film  Colour, fiction

The State Counsellor ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Статский советник    Le Conseiller d'Etat  Statskiy Sovetnik

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Plot synopsis

A high-ranking official is killed on a train by an assassin calling himself State Counsellor Erast Fandorin. Of course, the killer is not the real Fandorin (Menshikov) -- who is summoned to solve the murder -- but an anarchist named Green (Konstantin Khabensky), who is in contact with a double agent working within the state department.
Fandorin's task is to hunt down Green and his cronies and sniff out the rat. Fandorin investigates a selection of suspects, at one point disseminating misinformation to see who's the leak. Jocular but ruthlessly ambitious top cop Pozharsky (Mikhalkov) helps out.
Meanwhile, Green starts to suspect his informant, whom he's never met, may have an agenda not entirely congruent with the aims of the proletariat. And, Green's joining forces with another terrorist, Kozir (Vladimir Mashkov), produces friction when Kozir's prostitute g.f. Juli (Maria Mironova) proves fickle with her favors.
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Commentaries and bibliography

Two Decades of Post-Soviet Cinema : Taking Stock of Our Stocktaking, Seth GRAHAM, kinokultura.com, 2008

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Russian film festival in Ajaccio, Ajaccio (France), 2013

- Soirées du cinéma russe de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (France), 2012

- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2012

- Semaine du cinéma russe à Gérarmer, Gerardmer (France), 2010

- Week end de cinéma russe à Marly, Marly (France), 2010

- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2007

- Days of Russian cinema in Valence, Valencia (France), 2006

- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2006

- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2006

- Russian film festival in Sweden 'KinoRiurik', Stockholm (Sweden), 2006

- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2005

- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2005

- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2005

- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2005

- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2005

- Annual award of the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics, Moscow (Russia), 2005

- Window to Europe Film Festival, Vyborg, Vyborg (Russia), 2005

- Russian Film Week in New York, New York (USA), 2005

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