''The Factory'' () is a 2018

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film directed and written by Yuri Bykov. It stars

Denis Shvedov Denis Edouardovich Shvedov (; 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 Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, Soviet Un ...

and

Andrey Smolyakov Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and '' Forbidden Empire''. Life Smolyakov was born in Podolsk, Moscow O ...

. It screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

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Synopsis

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

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soldier, nicknamed Sedoi. Six months without a salary and the impending bankruptcy of the plant push 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

as Sedoi *

as Konstantin Kalugin * Vladislav Abashin as Tuman *

Ivan Yankovsky Ivan Filippovich Yankovsky (; born October 30, 1990) is a Russian actor, best known for his roles in '' Rag Union'' and '' The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt''. His father is actor/filmmaker Filipp Yankovsky, and his grandfather was the actor ...

as Vladimir *

Aleksandr Bukharov Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Bukharov (; born 12 March 1985) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career With Rubin Kazan Bukharov won the Russian Premier League 2008. At that season he broke the record for the ...

as Terekhov * Dmitri Kulichkov as Ryaboi * Kirill Polukhin as Andreich *Yury Tarasov as Vesyolyiy *Aleksey Komashko as Sedmoy *Aleksey Faddeev as Ponomar * Sergey Sosnovsky as Kazak * Vladislav Kotlyarsky 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 Konchalovsky (; né Mikhalkov; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian film and theatre director, screenwriter, and producer. His filmmaking career spans over 60 years in Cinema of the Soviet Union, Soviet, Cinema of the United St ...

, 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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