Pyotr KHAZIZOV
Пётр ХАЗИЗОВ
Piotr KHAZIZOV
Russia, 2005, 70mn 
Colour, fiction
Manga
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Манга

 

 Manga

 Manga

 
Directed by : Pyotr KHAZIZOV (Пётр ХАЗИЗОВ)
Writing credits : Pyotr KHAZIZOV (Пётр ХАЗИЗОВ), Anastasia KRIUCHKOVA (Анастасия КРЮЧКОВА)
 
Cast
Andrey BALASHOV (Андрей БАЛАШОВ)
Pyotr KHAZIZOV (Пётр ХАЗИЗОВ)
Yelena MEDVEDEVA (Елена МЕДВЕДЕВА)
Philip OSADCHUK (Филипп ОСАДЧУК)
Vasilisa PETINA (Василиса ПЕТИНА)
Tatyana STOLIAROVA (Татьяна СТОЛЯРОВА)
Yaroslav ZHALNIN (Ярослав ЖАЛНИН)
 
Cinematography : Andrey MAKAROV (Андрей МАКАРОВ)
Production design : Mariya ATAMANENKO (Мария АТАМАНЕНКО), Sergey TYRIN (Сергей ТЫРИН)
Produced by : Sabina EREMEYEVA (Сабина ЕРЕМЕЕВА), Pyotr KHAZIZOV (Пётр ХАЗИЗОВ), Andrey MAKAROV (Андрей МАКАРОВ)
Companies : Manga Company, Cinemateka
Film revenue in Russia : 0.520 million dollars
Release Date in Russia : 26/05/2005
 
format : 35 mm

Plot synopsis
In contemporary Moscow strange things are in the air: a reckless youth can turn invisible at will; a beautiful model seemingly materializes in the street beneath her likeness illuminated on a billboard, and all of this may be generated by a video game in the possession of a pseudo intellectual into whose car the model pours herself before collapsing, thus bringing together the fates of all three. The plot seems kind of unconnected, as it should be: the Japanese titles tell us that man-ga means picture at random, and the film delivers superb, stylish , slick and colorful sequences, pulsing to an eclectic well composed sound track and edited in a way reminiscent of the best high-tech adverts. The one and only truly independent Russian film, "MANGA" looks at the today's urban world of Moscow on its way to becoming a global capital, and investigates the psychological, emotional and physical tensions resulting from that process.
Source : www.seagullfilms.com
 

commentaries
Petr Khazizov : Manga (2005), José ALANIZ, kinokultura.com, 2006
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Utopiales : international science fiction festival, Nantes (France), 2006
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2006
- International debut film festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2006
- Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2005
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2005