The Student (2016 film)
The Student (Russian: Ученик, romanized: Uchenik) is a 2016 Russian drama film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov based on Marius von Mayenburg's play Märtyrer. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival[1][2] where it won the François Chalais Prize.[3]
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| Directed by | Kirill Serebrennikov |
| Written by | Kirill Serebrennikov |
| Starring | Pyotr Skvortsov Viktoriya Isakova Aleksandr Gorchilin Yuliya Aug |
| Music by | Ilya Demutsky |
| Cinematography | Vladislav Opelyants |
Production company | Hype Film |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
The plot revolves around a young man who has become a religious fanatic and gradually drags his surroundings and the whole school into obscurantism, which ultimately leads to disaster.
Cast
- Peter Skvortsov as Veniamin Yuzhin
- Yuliya Aug as Inga Yuzhina, Veniamin's mother
- Viktoriya Isakova as Elena Krasnova, Veniamin's biology teacher
- Aleksandr Gorchilin as Grigoriy Zaytsev, Veniamin's friend
- Aleksandra Revenko as Lidiya Tkacheva
- Anton Vasilev as Oleg Selnenko, Veniamin's physical education teacher
- Nikolay Roshchin as father Vsevolod
- Svetlana Bragarnik as Lyudmila Stukalina, the principal of the school
- Irina Rudnitskaya as Irina Petrovna
- Marina Klescheva as steward
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References
- "2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- "Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- "Cannes Bullet Points: Brazil the documentary prize and "The Student" the François Chalais Prize". L'Express. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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