Light Up! Explained

Light Up!
Director:Kirill Pletnyov
Cinematography:Sergey Mikhalchuk
Music:Artyom Mikhayonkin
Distributor:Nashe Kino
Released:[1] [2]
Runtime:97 min.
Country:Russia
Language:Russian

Light Up! (Russian: Жги!|Zhgi!) is a 2017 Russian musical drama film directed and written by Kirill Pletnyov.[3] [4] [5] The film took part in the main competitive program of the film festival Kinotavr 2017.[6]

Plot

The female colony supervisor has the opportunity to participate in the main Russian music show. And the singer who is a prisoner of the colony will help her with this.[7]

Cast

Production

The script is based on the true story of British singer Sam Bailey, the winner of the 10th season of musical TV show The X Factor (2013), who worked as a warden in a men's prison.[9]

The main role in the script written by Pletnyov specifically for the actress Inga Oboldina, who starred in his short film Nastya. The second main female role was written for Ksenia Rappoport, but played it in the end Viktoria Isakova.[10] Both Actresses sing with their voices, with the exception of Opera arias.[11]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.passion.ru/news/znamenitosti/inga-oboldina-i-viktoriya-isakova-ispolnili-zaglavnuyu-pesnyu-k-filmu-zhgi-27-11-2017.htm Инга Оболдина и Виктория Исакова исполнили заглавную песню к фильму «ЖГИ!»
  2. https://brod.kz/news/premera-dramy-zhgi-sostoitsya-v-nachale-dekabrya/ Премьера драмы «Жги» состоится в начале декабря
  3. http://www.proficinema.ru/mainnews/markets/detail.php?ID=260850 107 Кинорынок: российские танки против голливудских роботов в пакете ЦПШ
  4. https://kino.mail.ru/news/50830_buzova_rasskazala_ob_istinnih_tselyah_shou_zamuzh_za_buzovu/ Бузова рассказала об истинных целях шоу «Замуж за Бузову»
  5. https://mkisrael.co.il/culture/2018/10/25/bez-menya-intriguyushhee-i-nastoyashhee-kino.html «Без меня» — интригующее и настоящее кино
  6. https://meduza.io/feature/2017/12/08/zhgi-kirilla-pletneva-zona-milaya-zona Жги! с Ольгой Бузовой!
  7. https://www.kinoafisha.info/movies/8327060/ ЖГИ!, 2017
  8. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7126386/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Жги! (2017) Full Cast & Crew
  9. http://www.filmz.ru/videos/36305/ Кинотавр 28. Кирилл Плетнёв о фильме «Жги»
  10. https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2016/12/08/a_10411985.shtml#page2 «Голос» из зоны
  11. http://tass.ru/kultura/3780835 Кирилл Плетнёв дебютирует в качестве режиссёра полнометражного фильма