Hostel (2021 film)

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Hostel
Obschaga 2021.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoman Vasyanov
Written by
Based onA Hostel on Spilled Blood
by Alexei Ivanov
Produced by
  • Artyom Vasilyev
  • Igor Mishin
Starring
CinematographyAleksandr Aleksandrov
Edited bySergey Ivanov
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
  • June 2021 (2021-06) (Shanghai International Film Festival)
  • 2021 (2021) (Russia)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Hostel (Russian: Общага, romanizedObschaga) is a 2021 Russian drama film directed by Roman Vasyanov, adaptation of Alexei Ivanov's novel A Hostel on Spilled Blood (ru). It stars Gennady Vyrypaev, Irina Starshenbaum and Marina Vasilyeva.[1][2]

It is unrelated to the 2005 American film series of the same name by Sony's subsidiary Screen Gems. The film premiered in June 2021 at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival.[3] The premiere took place online on September 26, 2021 at the online cinema Kion (ru) and KinoPoisk HD.

Plot[]

The film is set in Sverdlovsk in 1984. A group of young people live in a hostel, and suddenly one student commits suicide, which radically changed the lives of friends.[4]

Cast[]

  • Gennady Vyrypaev as Pavel Zabelin (Zabela), a student
  • Irina Starshenbaum as Nelly Karavaeva, a female student
  • Marina Vasilyeva as Sveta Leushina, a female student
  • Nikita Yefremov as Vanya Simakov, a student
  • Ilya Malanin as Igor Kaminsky, a student
  • Yuliya Aug as Olga Botova, the commandant of the hostel

Rest of cast listed alphabetically[]

  • Alyona Mikhailova as Kira Kolesnikova, a female student
  • Aleksandr Kudrenko as Renat, Olga's husband, caretaker
  • Yevgeny Serzin as Yan Gaponov, Komsomol organizer
  • Mariya Ivaschenko as Ira
  • Lyubov Konstantinova as Nadya
  • Vitaly Isakov as an investigator
  • Vladislav Stavropoltsev as Bumagin
  • Kseniya Plyusnina as Dasha Gorokhova
  • Konstantin Plotnikov as Zhenya Gorokhov
  • Tatyana Trudova as Mila
  • Kirill Frolov as Generozov
  • Anna Levit as a girl

Production[]

The film was directed by cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, who first appeared in a new capacity. According to him, he had long wanted to take part in the film adaptation of "Hostel on the Blood" (ru) as a cameraman, but due to the lack of a director he decided to take on this function. Vasyanov also became one of the authors of the script.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Фильм Романа Васьянова "Общага" вошел в программу Шанхайского кинофестиваля
  2. ^ Роман Алексея Иванова "Общага-на-Крови" в киноверсии будет называться "Тенерифе"
  3. ^ Премьера «Общаги» Романа Васьянова состоится на Шанхайском кинофестивале
  4. ^ Общага 2020
  5. ^ "Роман Васьянов: «Я могу оставить режиссуру для удовольствия»". proficinema.ru (in Russian). Retrieved September 14, 2021.

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