One Hundred Years Ahead (film) explained

One Hundred Years Ahead
Guest from the Future
Director:Alexander Andryushchenko
Story:Kir Bulychyov
Music:Igor Vdovin
Cinematography:Mikhail Milashin
Distributor:Central Partnership
Runtime:142 minutes
Country:Russia
Language:Russian
Budget:900 million
Gross:
  • ₽1.428 billion[1]
  • $15.6 million

One Hundred Years Ahead, also in English territories titled as Guest from the Future (Russian: Сто лет тому вперёд|lit=''One Hundred Years Ahead'') is a 2024 Russian teen science fiction film directed by Alexander Andryushchenko, loosely based on the 1978 Soviet novel of the same name by Kir Bulychev from the cycle about Alice Selezneva. The main roles was played by Vereshchagina and Eidelstein. The novel was adapted as a five-part television miniseries Guest from the Future made in the Soviet Union, which aired in March 1985.

One Hundred Years Ahead had its world premiere at the Karo 11 October at Arbat Square in Moscow on March 14, 2024,[2] and was released in the Russian Federation on April 18, 2024 by Central Partnership.

Premise

Kolya Gerasimov lives in Post-Soviet modern Moscow, and Alice Selezneva lives 100 years later. Kolya does not think about a future life, and Alice cannot let go of the past. She lost her mother and now she must find her. The meeting of Kolya and Alice will be the beginning of exciting adventures...[3]

Cast

Production

The story was first published in 1978, and four years later the first film adaptation of the work was released in slide show format. The most popular adaptation of the book was Pavel Arsenov’s 5-episode television film Guest from the Future, in which Natalya Murashkevich played the main role.

The producer of the film Invasion, Mikhail Vrubel, first announced his desire to make a film in early January 2020. Initially, Egor Baranov was supposed to become the director of the project, but in the end this post was taken by Alexander Andryushchenko.The cameraman is Mikhail Milashin, the project is produced by Mikhail Vrubel, Fyodor Bondarchuk and Vadim Vereshchagin.

Filming

Principal photography began on November 2, 2022, in Moscow, and the region of Moscow Oblast.[4] [5] [6] At the end of December 2022, the first teaser of the project was published.

Release

One Hundred Years Ahead was scheduled to be theatrically released on December 28, 2023, but was later postponed to April 18, 2024.

Marketing

The first teaser trailer of One Hundred Years Ahead was released on April 18, 2023.[7] This trailer has the most negative rating among all Central Partnership releases, the number of negative ratings of the trailer is approaching fifteen thousand dislikes (4490/14747). For example, the trailer for the movie The Challenge had a ratio of likes and dislikes of 1688 to 1317.

Reception

Box office

In the first weekend, the film topped the Russian box office, collecting 309.2 million rubles,[8] it was the sixth best start of 2024 at that time.[9] After the first 10 days of release, the box office exceeded 600 million rubles.[10]

Notes and References

  1. https://ekinobilet.fond-kino.ru/films/detail/111010224/ Box Office
  2. Web site: Столичная публика оценила новую экранизацию истории Алисы Селезневой . Russian . The capital's public appreciated the new film adaptation of the story of Alisa Seleznyova . April 15, 2024 . Film business today . April 18, 2024.
  3. Web site: Сто лет тому вперед, 2024 . kinoafisha.info . Russian.
  4. Web site: В Москве начались съемки фильма "Сто лет тому вперед" по Киру Булычеву . Russian . Filming of the film One Hundred Years Ahead by Kir Bulychev has begun in Moscow . Alperina . Susanna . November 2, 2022 . .
  5. Web site: Фильм о новых приключениях Алисы Селезневой снимают в Москве . Russian . A film about the new Alisa Selezneva adventures is being filmed in Moscow . November 2, 2022 . smotrim.ru .
  6. Web site: Фильм о новых приключениях Алисы Селезневой снимают в Москве . Russian . A film about the new Alisa Selezneva adventures is being filmed in Moscow . November 2, 2022 . vesti.ru .
  7. Web site: Сто лет тому вперед: вышел трейлер ремейка «Гостьи из будущего" . Russian . One Hundred Years Ahead: the trailer for the remake of Guest from the Future was released . April 18, 2023 . .
  8. Web site: Фильм «Сто лет тому вперёд» возглавил кинопрокат в России и СНГ . Russian . . sostav.ru . April 28, 2024.
  9. Web site: Официальная касса России: «Сто лет тому вперед» показал шестой старт 2024 года . Russian . Official box office of Russia: One Hundred Years Ahead showed the sixth start of 2024 . Ostry . Maxim . April 24, 2024 . kinometro.ru . April 28, 2024.
  10. Web site: Фантастический фильм «Сто лет тому вперёд» собрал 630 миллионов рублей за двенадцать дней . Russian . The fantastic film One Hundred Years Ahead collected 630 million rubles in twelve days . April 30, 2024 . kinobusiness.com . May 1, 2024.