“In the Fog” is a film directed by Sergei Loznitsa , based on the story of the same name by Vasil Bykov . The film participated in the main competitive program of the 65th Cannes Film Festival , where it was awarded the special FIPRESCI prize . Commenting on the decision of the Cannes selectors, film critic Andrei Plakhov noted that in the new film Loznitsa, whose previous film “ My Happiness ” was ambiguously perceived in Russia, “there is nothing particularly shocking as well as anti-patriotic.” According to the critic, the picture "In the Fog" is sustained in the genre of "existential drama on partisan material" [2] .
| In the fog | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | military drama |
| Producer | Sergey Loznitsa |
| Producer | Haino Dekert |
| Author script | Sergey Loznitsa |
| In the main cast | Vladimir Svirsky Vladislav Abashin Sergey Kolesov |
| Operator | Oleg Mutu |
| Film company | MA.JA.DE Fiction Rija films Lemonming film Belarusfilm GP Cinema Company |
| Duration | 127 min |
| Budget | 2 million euros [1] |
| A country |  Russia  Belarus  Latvia  Germany  Netherlands |
| Tongue | Russian |
| Year | 2012 |
| IMDb | ID 2325741 |
Story
1942 , Belarus occupied by German troops. During the investigation of the train derailment, the Germans arrest four lineman . Three of them were executed, and the fourth, Sushchenko, was released for unknown reasons. Local residents begin to suspect him of collaborating with the invaders. Two partisans, Burov and Voitik, take Sushenka into the forest at night, where they are going to kill him as a traitor. However, at the place of execution, not having time to carry out their plans, they are ambushed by the invaders, who used Sushchenko as a bait to catch partisans. Burov is seriously injured. Sushchenka drags him on himself and soon meets Voitik, they begin to make their way to the partisans.
From the flashback, it becomes clear that the Germans offered the arrested Sushena to become their secret informant, but he refused. He tells Burov that even his wife Anelya began to doubt whether he was a traitor, and he himself would have preferred to be executed with the others.
The next day, while Voitik walks to the nearest village to get a wagon, Burov dies. There are no supplies, because the Germans are in the village. (Another flashback showed that one winter, Voytik, having met policemen on the road, betrayed the peasants from whom he took food and they were shot.) Sushchenya offers not to leave Burov’s body and continues to carry it. Voytayk warns that in the squad Sushchenu is not expecting anything good, but that one already has no choice.
The fog is coming down. Sushchenya and Voytik have to cross the highway to move on, but the Germans are nearby. Sushcheniya with Burov’s body crosses the highway unnoticed, but Voitik is noticed and killed by the police.
In the thick fog of Sushchenya, next to the bodies of Burov and Voitik, he takes a Nagan from the overcoat of Burov. The fog completely hides what is happening. A shot is heard.
Cast
- Vladimir Svirsky - a trackman of Sushenya
- Vladislav Abashin - partisan Burov
- Sergey Kolesov - partisan Voytayk
- Julia Peresild - Anelya
- Nikita Peremotov - Grishutka
- Kirill Petrov - Koroban
- Dmitry Kolosov - Mishuk
- Stepan Bogdanov - Topchievsky
- Dmitry Bykovsky - Yaroshevich
- Vlad Ivanov - Grossmeyer
- Vladislav Dombrovsky - Mikitenok
- Igor Khripunov - Miroha
- Nadezhda Markina - mother of Burov
- Andrey Virvich - policeman
- Ziedonis Lokmelis - policeman
- Peter Klisauks - Klimka
- Claudia Soloviev - Klimka's mother
- Arthur Purvinsky - Lieutenant Fedya
- Sergey Russkin - the first policeman
- Timothy Tribuntsev - the second policeman
- Boris Kamorzin - the third policeman
- Mikhail Evlanov - the fourth policeman
- Elena Kopylova - mother of Koroban
- Vitaly Chervyakov - partisan
- Franco Moscon - SS officer
- Grigory Firsov - commander of a partisan detachment
Reviews
From a review of the film in the Session magazine :
The film “In the Fog” by Sergey Loznitsa, awarded the FIPRESCI Prize in Cannes and won the difficult competition in Ples, seemed old-fashioned, almost Soviet to some critics. Meanwhile, it is in this “old age” that his courage and modernity are manifested [3] .
Awards and nominations
- FIPRESCI Prize for the best film of the main competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival .
- Grand Prix of the Sixth film festival "Mirror" them. A. Tarkovsky .
- The main prize (Golden Apricot) for the best film at the Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival [4] .
- The main prize of the 3rd Odessa International Film Festival for the best film.
- Grand Prix of the XXII International Film Forum "Golden Knight".
- Grand Prix for the best film "Listapada Gold" at the Listopad Film Festival in 2012.
Facts
- This story by Vasil Bykov has already been filmed earlier - in 1992 by director Sergey Linkov . See In the fog (film, 1992) .
- Near the entrance to the Reichskommissariat, from where Sushcheniya is released, the flags of the Third Reich with a left-handed swastika hang, although the Third Reich used a right-handed swastika on its flag.
- Premiere in the Russian Federation - November 22, 2012
US Premiere - February 5, 2013 [5]
Notes
- ↑ Sergey Loznitsa begins the preparatory phase of work on the second feature film “In the Fog” . The site of the magazine "Cinema Art". Date of treatment May 1, 2012. Archived on September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Plakhov A. Russia turned out to be “In the Fog” // Kommersant: newspaper. - No. 71 (4856) . Archived on September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Elena Plakhova. Where love and blood are equal . Session (June 6, 2012). Archived on September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Results of the 9th Golden Apricot (Eng.) . Archived on September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Kinomania about the film
Links
- Official movie website
- In The Fog on the Internet Movie Database
- “In the Fog” on the allmovie website