Beanpole

  • Kantemir Balagov
  • Russia
  • 2019
  • 137'
  • Dylda

The film follows the lives of two young women in Leningrad, following WWII. Tall and skinny Iya, who suffers from occasional spells, works as a nurse at a veterans hospital. Sometimes she takes along Pashka, the young son of her temperamental and unpredictable friend Masha, the stark opposite to seemingly passive Iya. The film is based on WWII accounts of Russian women, published in Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s controversial book The Unwomanly Face of War. After the success of his debut, Closeness, awarded at Cannes, young director K. Balagov’s second film proved his status as the critics’ favourite, winning Best Director and the FIPRESCI Prize in Un Certain Regard program at Cannes.

Subtitles: HR, EN

Kantemir Balagov

Russian director who became a favourite of the critics’ with his debut, Closeness (Cannes 2017 – FIPRESCI Prize in Un Certain Regard program). Studied directing under the mentorship of legendary Alexander Sokurov, while his short films have appeared at numerous international festivals. Beanpole is his second feature film.

Beanpole

Director
Kantemir Balagov
Screenplay
Kantemir Balagov, Alexander Terekhov
Cast
Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov, Konstantin Balakirev, Ksenia Kutepova, Olga Dragunova, Timofey Glazkov
DOP
Ksenia Sereda
Editing
Igor Litoninskiy
Producer
Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov
Production
Non-Stop Production, AR Content
Festivals & Awards
Cannes Film Festival 2019 – Un Certain Regard – Directing Prize, FIPRESCI Prize

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