Country: Russia
Year: 2012
Duration: 70'
A group of Russian tourists goes to Finland on a trip organized by a shopping mall. One of the participants is a mother with her adolescent son, who films the expedition with his cell phone. But once they arrive, the trip takes an unexpected turn: on the department store shelves, drops of blood begin to appear, then mutilated limbs, and finally entire corpses.
Biography
film director
Mikhail Brashinsky
Mikhail Brashinsky has been a train driver on the Trans-Siberian railway, a waiter in a Turkish restaurant and a DJ in New Orleans. He has taught at various faculties in American universities, and has also worked as a film critic and journalist: in particular, he collaborated with the popular Russian magazine “Afisha” and was the Moscow correspondent for “Variety.” As a director and screenwriter, he debuted with the feature-length Gololed (2003), which won the New Directors Showcase Award at the Seattle International Film Festival. He next directed Anomalnaia Zona, an episode of the series Uboinaya sila-5; the documentary Gruppa krovi; and the pilot Tungusskyi meteorit. Shopping Tour is his first film as producer.
FILMOGRAFIA
Gololed (2003), Uboinaya sila-5 (ep., tv, Anomalnaia Zona, 2003), Gruppa krovi (mm, doc., 2006), Tungusskyi meteorit (tv, 2008), Shopping Tour (2012).
Declaration
film director
“The main meaning of Shopping Tour is simply that it exists, shot with almost no money, for 55,000 Euros, against all odds, by a bunch of self-producing professionals tired of being tied-up by the ‘major’ industry’s financial and ideological constraints. As such, it is one of the first Russian truly independent productions ever and, possibly, a pioneer of something that may be becoming a new trend in the country’s worsening political and cultural climate. The rest should be pure fun, no more, no less.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Mikhail Brashinsky
fotografia/cinematography
Alexander Simonov
montaggio/film editing Mikhail Brashinsky, Oleg Malygin, Ivan Lebedev costumi/costume design Mark Lee
suono/sound Antonina Balashova
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Tatyana Kolganova (la madre/mother), Timofey Yeletsky (il figlio/son), Tatyana Ryabokon (la guida/tour guide), Yelena Belskaya (la contrabbandiera/smuggler), Satu Paavola (la bionda/blonde), Nanna Mäkinen (la ragazza della pompa di benzina/gas station girl), Vladimir Nekrassov (il capitano/Captain Tuivisto), Veli-Pekka Teponoja (un poliziotto/a cop), Juhani Vainio (un poliziotto/a cop)
produttori/producers Gennady Mirgorodsky, Mikhail Brashinsky produzione/production Duty-Free Productions
montaggio/film editing Mikhail Brashinsky, Oleg Malygin, Ivan Lebedev costumi/costume design Mark Lee
suono/sound Antonina Balashova
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Tatyana Kolganova (la madre/mother), Timofey Yeletsky (il figlio/son), Tatyana Ryabokon (la guida/tour guide), Yelena Belskaya (la contrabbandiera/smuggler), Satu Paavola (la bionda/blonde), Nanna Mäkinen (la ragazza della pompa di benzina/gas station girl), Vladimir Nekrassov (il capitano/Captain Tuivisto), Veli-Pekka Teponoja (un poliziotto/a cop), Juhani Vainio (un poliziotto/a cop)
produttori/producers Gennady Mirgorodsky, Mikhail Brashinsky produzione/production Duty-Free Productions
