''Baba Yaga''
() is a 2023 Russian animated
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
adventure film
The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...
directed by Valdimir Sakov. The film follows
Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga is a female character (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) from Slavic folklore who has two contrasting roles. In some narratives, she is described as a repulsive or ferocious-looking old woman who fries and eats children, ...
who is trying to get better at magic, until an unexpected visit from Princess Sapphire offers Yaga a chance to get even with her enemy.
Plot
Cast
*
Yulia Khlynina as Baba Yaga
* Lidiya Chistyakova-Ionova as Sineglazka
*
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk ( ; born 9 May 1967) is a Russian film director, actor, producer and TV host. He is also the founder of Art Pictures Studio, a production company.
He specializes in action movies, war movies, and science fiction ...
as Leshiy
* Elena Shulman as Belladonna
* Ilya Blednyy as Lis
* Diomid Vinogradov as Kotofey/Kozyol Burka/Vodyanoy/Shishki
* Vera Chistyakova-Ionova as Yadviga
* Zlata Osipova as Zlata
Release
Central Partnership International acquired the worldwide sales in June 2020.
''Baba Yaga'' premiered at the
Moscow Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is a film festival first held in Moscow in 1935 and became regular since 1959. From its inception to 1959, it was hel ...
on 22 April 2023,
and was released theatrically in Russia on 27 April 2023.
Reception
Nikolay Kornatsky of Vedomosti noted that "Everything is schematic, predictable, but lively, occasionally funny and almost always very beautiful, especially the underwater world".
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=26626426
2023 films
2020s Russian films
2020s Russian-language films
Russian-language fantasy adventure films
Russian animated feature films
Russian children's fantasy films
Russian children's adventure films
Russian fantasy adventure films
2020s children's animated films
2020s children's fantasy films
2020s children's adventure films
Films about magic