Locust (film)

Locust
Directed by	Egor Baranov
Screenplay by	Oleg Malovichko
Produced by	Aleksandr Tsekalo Konstantin Ernst Ruslan Sorokin Ivan Samokhvalov
Starring	Pyotr Fyodorov Paulina Andreeva
Cinematography	Yuri Korobeinikov
Edited by	Igor Otdelnov
Music by	Aleksei Aigi Oleg Chubykin Ryan Otter
Production company	Sreda
Distributed by	Central Partnership
Release date	November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	$2 million[1]
Box office	$477 167[1]

Locust (Russian: Саранча, romanized: Sarancha) is a 2015 Russian erotic thriller directed by Egor Baranov.^[2][3]

An extended television version aired on Channel One Russia between 13 and 20 of March 2016.^[4]

Plot[]

Artyom and Lera meet at a seaside resort and have a summer fling. He is a simple guy from the province, a hard worker and a poet; she is a Moscow bohemian girl from a rich family whose parents make all important decisions for her.

The summer goes by quickly and they each go back to their own lives. Lera goes back to Moscow to study and build a career for herself. Later, Artyom follows Lera to the capital, but she is not too happy to see him. Lera gets engaged to her father's friend and business partner, Gurevich. An older rich woman, Natalia, becomes interested in Artyom. At first he rejects her, but later he changes his mind and marries her. Later the romantic affair between Lera and Artyom is resumed and culminates in a series of brutal murders.^[5]

Cast[]

• Pyotr Fyodorov as Artyom
• Paulina Andreeva as Lera
• Dmitri Shevchenko as Gurevich
• Yekaterina Volkova as Natalia
• Evgeniya Dmitrieva as Irina
• Maksim Pinsker as Valentin
• Oleksiy Gorbunov as Kavtorang
• Aleksander Golubkov as Marat
• Yevgeny Stychkin as Patsyfik

Production[]

The film was shot in Moscow and Odessa.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Locust at IMDb