Aleksandr ROGOZHKIN
Александр РОГОЖКИН
Aleksandr ROGOJKINE
Russia, 2008, 94mn 
Colour, fiction
The Game / The Match
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Игра

 

 Le Jeu

 Igra

 
Directed by : Aleksandr ROGOZHKIN (Александр РОГОЖКИН)
Writing credits : Aleksandr ROGOZHKIN (Александр РОГОЖКИН)
 
Cast
Aleksey BULDAKOV (Алексей БУЛДАКОВ) ...Ernest Berg, gardien
Liubov LVOVA (Любовь ЛЬВОВА) ...Macha, femme de ménage
Yuri STEPANOV (Юрий СТЕПАНОВ) ...Zvonov, administraeur
Daniil STRAKHOV (Даниил СТРАХОВ) ...Azis
Artiom VOLOBUYEV (Артем ВОЛОБУЕВ) ...Kolia Kassatkine, administrateur
 
Cinematography : Aleksandr SMIRNOV (Александр СМИРНОВ)
Production design : Aleksandr ZAGOSKIN (Александр ЗАГОСКИН)
Sound : Anatoli GUDKOVSKY (Анатолий ГУДКОВСКИЙ)
Produced by : Aleksey UCHITEL (Алексей УЧИТЕЛЬ)
Production : TPO "Rok"
Film revenue in Russia : 0.340 million dollars
 

Plot synopsis
Sports comedy
Moscow, 2018, the world championship in football. All eyes are transfixed on the training camp of the Russian team, where the players practice during the remaining days before the match. All those who work here help them win : the coaches, managers, doctores, wtchmen and even the cleaners. The outcome of the decisive match depends on those people. They all selflessly surrender to football. However, some strange, and at the times funny, events begin to occur on the camp. Someone wants to take advantage of the match, or someone on the contrary wants to assist. The heroes try to undestand what is going on. And here the final begins. All eyes are glued to the screens. Can our players beat the contenders ? Will they win ?
Source : Moscow Film Festival
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Aleksandr Rogozhkin : The Game (Igra, 2008), Jasmijn VAN GORP, kinokultura.com, 2009
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2008
- Russian Film Festival, Riga (Latvia), 2008
- Comic Film Festival "Ulybnis, Rossiya", Moscow (Russia), 2008
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2008
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2008
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2008