Betrayal (2012 film) explained

Betrayal
Director:	Kirill Serebrennikov
Starring:	Franziska Petri
Runtime:	115 minutes
Country:	Russia
Language:	Russian

Betrayal (Russian: Измена|Izmena) is a 2012 Russian drama film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.^[1] At the 2012 Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Franziska Petri won the award for Best Actress.^[2]

Plot

Two random acquaintances learn that their spouses are lovers. This discovery makes them act in a way they would not have dared earlier.

Cast

• Albina Dzhanabaeva (first wife)
• Dejan Lilic (men)
• Franziska Petri (women)
• Artūrs Skrastiņš (second husband)
• Svetlana Mamresheva (second wife)
• Andrei Shchetinin (first husband)
• Guna Zarina (Investigator)
• Yakov Levada (son)
• Arthur Beschastny (interrogator)
• Alexandra Nesterova (girl)
• Lera Gorin (expert)
• Olga Albanova (mother of the girl)
• Lydia Bayrashevskaya (realtor)
• Valentina Ivanova (woman at the funeral)
• Denis Varenov (officer at the funeral)
• Alexey Torgunakov (manager at the motel)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venezia 69 . 4 August 2012 . labiennale . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728223053/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venezia69 . 28 July 2012 . dead .
2. Web site: 2012 Awards . 28 October 2012 . Abu Dhabi Film Festival . 14 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130814031156/http://abudhabifilmfestival.ae/en/program/awards . dead .