''The Factory'' (russian: Завод, Zavod) is a 2018 Russian
crime thriller
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
film directed and written by
Yuri Bykov
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Yuri Anatolyevich Bykov (Russian: Ю́рий Анато́льевич Бы́ков; born August 15, 1981) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the films '' The Major'', '' The Fool'' and the T ...
. It stars
Denis Shvedov
Denis Edouardovich Shvedov (russian: Денис Эдуардович Шведов; born 24 November 1981) is a Russian actor, best known for his role in ''The Major (film), The Major''.
Biography
Denis Shvedov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, So ...
and
Andrey Smolyakov
Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (russian: Андре́й И́горевич Смоляко́в; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and '' Forb ...
. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the
2018 Toronto International Film Festival
The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to ...
.
Official selection of the
Beaune (France) 11th Festival international du film policier.
Plot
The owner of the Kalugin's factory informed the workers that he will be obliged to close it soon as it is not profitable. The boss, a local
oligarch called Kalugin was kidnapped from his car by masked and armed persons who demanded for him a big ransom. The money is taken to the workers by the head of the oligarch personal security team. His heavily armed mercenaries arrive at night at the factory where the boss is being held hostage.
Those who barricaded themselves in the workshop are local workers led by a former
Special Forces
Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...
soldier, nicknamed Sedoi. Six months without a salary and the impending bankruptcy of the plant pushed them to a desperate step.
To pull out their boss, nothing will stop the mercenaries. But unlike them, hard workers have nothing more to lose.
Cast
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Denis Shvedov
Denis Edouardovich Shvedov (russian: Денис Эдуардович Шведов; born 24 November 1981) is a Russian actor, best known for his role in ''The Major (film), The Major''.
Biography
Denis Shvedov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, So ...
as Sedoi
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Andrey Smolyakov
Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (russian: Андре́й И́горевич Смоляко́в; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and '' Forb ...
as Konstantin Kalugin
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Vladislav Abashin as Tuman
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Ivan Yankovsky
Ivan Filippovich Yankovsky (russian: Иван Филиппович Янковский; born October 30, 1990) is a Russian actor, best known for his role in ''Rag Union''. His father is actor/director Filipp Yankovsky, and his grandfather was the ...
as Vladimir
*
Aleksandr Bukharov
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Bukharov (russian: Александр Евгеньевич Бухаров; born 12 March 1985) is a Russian former footballer who played as a striker.
Career
With FC Rubin Kazan he won the Russian Premier League 2008. A ...
as Terekhov
*
Dmitri Kulichkov
Dmitri (russian: Дми́трий); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Greek Demetrios (Δημήτριο ...
as Ryaboi
*
Kirill Polukhin
Kirill Alekseevich Polukhin (russian: Кирилл Алексеевич Полухин; born 3 May 1969) is a Soviet and Russian film, stage, and television actor.
Early life
Polukhin was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint P ...
as Andreich
*Yury Tarasov as Vesyolyiy
*Aleksey Komashko as Sedmoy
*Aleksey Faddeev as Ponomar
*
Sergey Sosnovsky as Kazak
*
Vladislav Kotlyarsky
Vladislav Yurievich Kotlyarsky (russian: link=no, Владисла́в Ю́рьевич Котля́рский; born 2 August 1972, Moscow) is a Russian film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as police major Stanislav ...
as prosecutor
Production
The filming began in October 2017. The shooting took place at a real factory of reinforced concrete structures in the Sokolniki district (Moscow), the work of the plant was not stopped during the shooting.
Reception
The film received average ratings from film critics.
According to
Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (russian: link=no, Андрей Сергеевич Михалков-Кончаловский; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian filmmaker. He has worked in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian ...
, Bykov everything goes into the plot, instead of doing the main thing, the meaning of life.
References
External links
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«Прямолинейно»: Иностранная пресса о «Заводе» Быкова
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2018 films
2010s Russian-language films
French crime thriller films
Films directed by Yuri Bykov
Films about kidnapping
Fictional factory workers
Films about social issues
Films about labour
Films about labor relations
2018 crime thriller films
Russian crime thriller films
2010s French films