Vladena SANDU
Владлена САНДУ
Vladena SANDOU
Russia, 2019, 52mn 
Identification
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Идентификация

 

 Identification

 Identifikatsiya

 
Directed by : Vladena SANDU (Владлена САНДУ)
Writing credits : Nikita IKONNIKOV (Никита ИКОННИКОВ), Vladena SANDU (Владлена САНДУ)
 
Cast
Yelena TRONINA (Елена ТРОНИНА) ...Valerya
Kuralbek CHOKOEV (Куралбек ЧОКОЕВ)
Anvar OSMONALYEV (Анвар ОСМОНАЛИЕВ)
Polina KUTEPOVA (Полина КУТЕПОВА)
Nikita KUKUSHKIN (Никита КУКУШКИН)
Roman VASILYEV (Роман ВАСИЛЬЕВ )
 
Cinematography : Veronika TYRON (Вероника ТЫРОН)
Production design : Marusya PARFENOVA-CHUKHRAY (Маруся ПАРФЕНОВА-ЧУХРАЙ)
Music : Denis DUBOVIK (Денис ДУБОВИК)
Editing : Dima RUDAKOV (Дима РУДАКОВ)
Produced by : Valery FEDOROVICH (Валерий ФЕДОРОВИЧ), Ivan GOLOMOVZIUK (Иван ГОЛОМОВЗЮК), Yevgeni NIKISHOV (Евгений НИКИШОВ)
Production : ТНТ-PREMIER Studios
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
A refrigerator truck with naked bodies of four females is found on the border of Finland. Each of the girls share the same neck tattoo that resembles a house. The identities of the the girls are yet to be found. Three years later, the police arrest Valeria Mazyane, an orphaned girl and a recent Islam convert who lives in Moscow in a Kyrgyz immigrant community. The police believe she killed her husband’s brother. It turns out that Valeria is not an orphan after all, and her past is as mysterious as the man’s murder. And under her wedding hijab, there’s a familiar house tattoo.
moscowfilmfestival.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
 
Russian pair, Valery Fedorovich and Evgeny Nikishov likely feature among the most active TV series’ producers of the moment. Together, they have produced several series per year, while maintaining high quality standards at all times. Identification, one of their latest productions, is a perfect example of that. A beautiful mixture of sensational images and atypical sounds, this delightful series presents the portrait of a Kyrgyz community in Russia that finds itself turned upside down following an encounter.
https://2019.giff.ch/

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2021
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2019
- GIFF. Geneva International Film Festival, Geneva (Switzerland), 2019