Break Loose Explained

Break Loose
Director:	Alexei Uchitel
Starring:	Artur Smolyaninov
Cinematography:	Yuri Klimenko Alexander Demyanenko
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	Russia
Language:	Russian

Break Loose, also known as Breaking Loose (Russian: Восьмёрка "figure eight", a nickname of the Lada Samara) is a 2013 Russian crime drama film directed by Alexei Uchitel. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.^{[1] [2]}

In July 2014, in the context of the Donbass conflict, the state cinema agency of Ukraine has banned the film, along with number of other Russian films deemed to be "glorifying the Russian army and security forces".^[3]

Cast

• Artur Smolyaninov
• Vilma Kutaviciute
• Aleksey Mantsygin
• Alexander Novin
• Sergei Puskepalis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Break Loose . 18 August 2013 . TIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130825063818/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/breakloose . 25 August 2013 .
2. Web site: Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition . 18 August 2013 . Indiewire.
3. Web site: Two Russian Films Banned in Ukraine . 29 July 2014 . The Hollywood Reporter.