Johnny O'REILLY
Джонни О’РАЙЛЛИ
Johnny O'REILLY
Russia, 2014, 104mn 
fiction
Moscow Never Sleeps
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Москва никогда не спит

 

 Moscou ne dort jamais

 Moskva nikorda ne spit

 
Directed by : Johnny O'REILLY (Джонни О’РАЙЛЛИ)
Writing credits : Johnny O'REILLY (Джонни О’РАЙЛЛИ)
 
Cast
Yuri STOYANOV (Юрий СТОЯНОВ)
Aleksey SEREBRIAKOV (Алексей СЕРЕБРЯКОВ)
Oleg DOLIN (Олег ДОЛИН)
Mikhail YEFREMOV (Михаил ЕФРЕМОВ)
Liubov NOVIKOVA-AXIONOVA (Любовь НОВИКОВА-АКСЕНОВА)
 
Cinematography : Fyodor LYASS (Федор ЛЯСС)
Production design : Yekaterina ZALETAEVA (Екатерина ЗАЛЕТАЕВА)
Music : Roman LITVINOV (Роман ЛИТВИНОВ)
Produced by : Johnny O'REILLY (Джонни О’РАЙЛЛИ)
Other persons :
КЭТИ ХОЛЛИ / KATIE HOLLY, Producer
Production : SNAPSHOT FILMS,BLINDER FILMS
Film revenue in Russia : 0.1512 million dollars
Spectators : 38 000
Release date in Russia : 03/09/2015
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Special Jury prize "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2015

Plot synopsis
MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS is a multi-narrative feature film about the hidden bonds that connects us all. The film dives headlong into the volatile intersections of contemporary Moscow and the intimate lives of five people: An ENTREPRENEUR whose business empire comes under siege by powerful bureaucrats, a TEENAGE GIRL mired in the misery of a broken home, A YOUNG MAN forced to chose between his girlfriend and his grandmother; a beautiful SINGER torn apart by the pursuit of two men and an ailing FILM STAR who gets embroiled in a bizarre kidnapping. Over the course of one day, their lives will change forever. These stories weave through Moscow’s choked cityscape as it celebrates its birthday with a massive fireworks display. They reveal the unrestrained energy of Europe’s biggest city, they testify to the depth and power of the Russian spirit and they prize open the fractures between love and ambition that are universal to all our lives.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Moscou ne dort jamais (2017), Julien MORVAN, Perestroikino, 2021
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian Film Festival in Niort, Niort (France), 2022
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2016
- Russian Film Week in London, London (United Kingdom), 2016
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2015
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2015