Guard (2019 film) explained

Guard
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Director:Yuri Bykov
Music:Yuri Bykov
Ivan Isyanov
Cinematography:Vladimir Ushakov
Editing:Anna Krutiy
Studio:Invada Film
Runtime:106 minutes
Country:Russia
Language:Russian
Budget:₽55,000,000
Gross:₽6 million
$109,723

Guard (Russian: Сторож|Storozh) is a 2019 Russian thriller drama film directed by and starring Yuri Bykov.[1] [2] [3] The film was released in Russia on October 24, 2019.

Plot

The regular life of the caretaker of an abandoned sanatorium is disrupted by the arrival of a strange couple who ask to stay in one of the rooms. Stas and Vera (couple) often quarrel and shout at each other; you can understand that they are hiding from someone. In the evening, three men approach the sanatorium and set fire to a wooden arbor. They call the Watchman, pour gasoline over him, and threaten to burn him for everything he once did. Then they leave. Vera brings alcohol from the city and drinks every day. One evening, she tells the watchman that her two-year-old son had recently died s, after which Stas fled from his criminal colleagues and removing money belonging to the whole group from all accounts.

All three of them have something to hide and something to hide from in the snowy wilderness.[4]

Cast

Filming

The filming was announced in November 2018, and it was initially assumed that the role of the Watchman would be played by Kirill Pirogov.

The film was shot at the Sosnovy Bor sanatorium in Solotcha is an exclave neighborhood within the Sovetsky District of the city of Ryazan.

Release

The film premiered on October 18, 2019 in Moscow. The film was released in wide rental on October 24, 2019. It is noteworthy that at the same time as the premiere in cinemas, the film appeared on the Kinopoisk service, since Yandex.Studio is the co-producer of the film.

Notes and References

  1. https://tass.ru/obschestvo/8007821 «Кинопоиск HD» готов предоставить свою платформу для кинотеатральных показов
  2. https://rg.ru/2020/03/17/kak-preobrazhaetsia-sistema-prokata-filmov-iz-za-koronavirusa.html Как преображается система проката фильмов из-за коронавируса
  3. https://rg.ru/2020/03/04/berlinskij-kinofestival-proshel-pod-flagom-rossijskogo-i-belorusskogo-kino.html Берлинский кинофестиваль прошел под флагом российского и белорусского кино
  4. https://www.kinoafisha.info/movies/8330332/ Guard
  5. https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/w/ros/5002/works/ Алла Юганова. Фильмография