Nurbek EGEN
Нурбек ЭГЕН
Nourbek EGEN
Russia, 2021, 52mn 
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Самка богомола

 

 Maneater

 La Mante religieuse

 
Directed by : Nurbek EGEN (Нурбек ЭГЕН)
Writing credits : Anna KOZLOVA (Анна КОЗЛОВА)
 
Cast
Irina ROZANOVA (Ирина РОЗАНОВА) ...Zhanna Dronova
Pavel CHINAREV (Павел ЧИНАРЁВ) ...Denis
Olga SUTULOVA (Ольга СУТУЛОВА)
Yekaterina KUZNETSOVA (Екатерина КУЗНЕЦОВА)
Sabina AKHMEDOVA (Сабина АХМЕДОВА)
Aleksandr MARIN (Александр МАРИН)
 
Cinematography : Yakov BASHTA (Яков БАШТА)
Produced by : Eduard ILOYAN (Эдуард ИЛОЯН), Denis ZHALINSKY (Денис ЖАЛИНСКИЙ)
Companies : START, PROFIT
 

Plot synopsis
The serial killer Zhanna Dronova, nicknamed “Female Mantis”, is serving a sentence in a high security prison after admitting eight especially cruel murders. Zhanna killed only men — pedophiles, rapists, domestic abusers, and unfaithful husbands. When she finds out that she has a copycat, the woman offers the police her help, under two conditions. First: she will leave the colony for the period of the investigation. Second: her son Denis will be involved, who has not communicated with his mother for the past 20 years.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2021