Secret Attraction (Russian: Тайное влечение, romanized: Taynoe vlechenie; working title Veta) is a Russian drama film directed and written by Stasya Venkova. Its debut took place as part of the competition program of the 45th Moscow International Film Festival Russian Premieres on April 23, 2023.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Stasya Venkova (ru) |
| Written by | Stasya Venkova Anna Ovcharova |
| Produced by | Fyodor Popov
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| Starring | Maria Yanycheva
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| Cinematography | Maria Androsova |
| Edited by | Maria Sidelnikova |
| Music by | Yuri Poteyenko |
Production company | VGIK Debut |
| Distributed by | Cinema Art Pro |
Release date | 2023 |
Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Box office | $19 197 |
The film is dedicated in memory of Sergey Solovyov.[3]
Plot
editAspiring actress in her early 20s, Veta (Maria Yanycheva), is full of ambitious aspirations for career success. Unexpectedly, she meets a young director Roman, who has arrived on an exchange from Poland. Her life and hopes for the future in the profession are rapidly changing, and the girl herself does not understand at all whether these changes are for the better or not.
Cast
edit- Maria Yanycheva as Veta
- Mindaugas Papinigis (lt) as Roman
- Roza Khayrullina as Alisa Alekseevna
- Daria Balabanova as Liza
- Anton Rogachev as Denis
- Stasya Venkova as Muse
- Nike Borzov as Veta's father
- Pavel Osadchiy as Pasha
- Darya Antonyuk as Sonya
- Anna Shishkina as Nastya
Critical response
edit- Naya Guseva (Film.ru): Perhaps for Venkova and those involved in the creation of the film, there is much more to the plot than is visible to the outside viewer. There are rumors that for VGIK graduates, it is much more important to work out their inner world on screen than to explain it to the inhabitants on the other side. The viewer awkwardly peeks at what is happening through velvet curtains, trying to understand what brought him here.[4]
- Eva Anisimova (RT): The production is one of the most striking, but at the same time controversial aspects of the film. There are many beautiful, truly spectacular shots in the film. They all successfully work to create an atmosphere (mysterious, passionate and creative) but often do not carry any meaning. Sometimes it seems that this or that frame, or even scene, is present in the film only because it turned out beautiful or at least funny.[5]
References
edit- ^ "На ММКФ покажут драму о начинающих актёрах и документальный фильм о монахах Шаолиня". Archived from the original on 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "«Тайное влечение» на сайте Московского международного кинофестиваля". Archived from the original on 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Стася Венкова: «Сергей Соловьёв, бесспорно, повлиял на меня и на то, что я сделала этот фильм»". Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ^ "Рецензия на «Тайное влечение»: рефлексию, которой не нужен зритель". Archived from the original on 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "Творчество в условиях юношеского максимализма: на ММКФ показали российскую драму «Тайное влечение»". Archived from the original on 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
External links
edit- Secret Attraction at IMDb
- Official website
- Secret Attraction at КиноПоиск (in Russian)