Directed by:
Yuri BykovScreenplay:
Yuri BykovCinematography:
Vladimir UshakovCast:
Denis Shvedov, Vladislav Abashin, Andrey Smolyakov, Kirill Polukhin, Aleksandr Bukharov, Dmitriy Kulichkov, Ivan Yankovskiy, Yuri Tarasov, Pyotr Barancheev (more)Plots(1)
The Factory opens like a classic post-Soviet maelstrom. A dilapidated industrial building stands in some godforsaken Russian town whose people it had employed before the winds changed its ownership from state regulation to capitalist privatization. When Konstantine Kalugine (Andrey Smolyakov), a local oligarch with links to the KGB and the political powers that be, announces the factory’s bankruptcy, a group of blue-collar workers who haven’t been paid for months conspire to kidnap him for ransom. Though inexperienced and disorganized, each of them is between a rock and a hard place, and they all have their own reasons for taking this fateful plunge. Under the tutelage of mysterious Alexei (Denis Shvedov), the heist quickly goes awry. Soon, Kalugine’s private security team, led by Fog (Vladislav Abashine), and SWAT police have them surrounded. The radicals are trapped inside, the ticking of the clock is palpable, and allegiances are murky. One thing is clear: everyone is disenchanted and knows deep down that in this world there is no justice. And is this a robbery or a revolution? As single threads are slowly pulled, the entire plot unravels into chaos and violence. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Denis Shvedov
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