Valery SHEVCHENKO
Валерий ШЕВЧЕНКО
Valeri CHEVTCHENKO
Sergey VELOKOREDCHALIN
Сергей ВЕЛИКОРЕДЧАНИН
Sergueï VELIKOREDTCHANINE
Russia, 2009, 85mn 
Colour, fiction
The Third Desire
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Третье желание

 

 Le Troisième souhait

 Tretye zhelanie

 
Directed by : Valery SHEVCHENKO (Валерий ШЕВЧЕНКО), Sergey VELOKOREDCHALIN (Сергей ВЕЛИКОРЕДЧАНИН)
 
Cast
Natalia ANTONOVA (Наталья АНТОНОВА) ...Vera
Aleksandr BELONOGOV (Александр БЕЛОНОГОВ) ...German
Sergey GUBANOV (Сергей ГУВАНОВ) ...Maks
Natalia RUDOVA (Наталья РУДОВА) ...Vika
 
Cinematography : Mark ZISELSON (Марк ЗИСЕЛЬСОН)
Production design : Antonina MAVRINA (Антонина МАВРИНА)
Production : Slovo
Film revenue in Russia : 0.63 million dollars
 
Site : desire-film.com/pages_12/index.html

Plot synopsis
An evil magician Herman wanders along the streets of Moscow. He throws about coins and fulfills three wishes of the person, who picks them up. Once the boy Venia finds such a coin, and then sends his best friend Max to prison, infatuates his girl-friend Vika and becomes a millionaire. 15 years later young envy grows into ruthless hatred. Veniamin’s hidden hatred drives Maxim to the brink of suicide. It is at this moment that Herman appears, promising to fulfill three wishes. Maxim is faced with the choice: to avenge or to forgive…
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2010
- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2009