4 (2005 film)
| 4 | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ilya Khrjanovsky |
| Produced by | Yelena Yatsura |
| Written by | Vladimir Sorokin |
| Starring |
Marina Vovchenko Sergey Shnurov Yuri Laguta |
| Cinematography |
Shandor Berkeshi Alexandre Ilkhovski Alisher Khamidkhodjaev |
| Edited by | Igor Malakhov |
| Distributed by |
Filmocom Hubert Bals Fund |
Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
4 is a 2005 Russian drama film directed by Ilya Khrjanovsky after a screenplay by Vladimir Sorokin. Originally it was conceived as a short film, but turned into a full-length film after four years of work.
Plot
Meat merchant Oleg, prostitute Marina, and piano tuner "simply Volodya" drop into an all-night bar in Moscow, where they are served by a narcoleptic bartender (three plus one is four) while each regales the others with made-up biographies. Oleg claims to work in President Putin's administration, supplying him with bottled water and his wife with liquor; Marina passes herself off as a marketing executive; and Volodya, the infamous lead singer of the rock group Leningrad, as a geneticist who clones twins (two times two makes four, again) in a laboratory that has been engaged in these experiments since the days of Stalin. After they separate, these fantasy realities, especially Volodya's, begin to dominate their everyday lives.
Cast
- Marina Vovchenko as Marina
- Sergey Shnurov as Volodya
- Yuri Laguta as Oleg
Reception
- Zolnikov, Leonid (2006-10-24). "4 / Четыре (2005)" (in Russian). CULT Cinema. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
Awards
The film won the VPRO Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
External links
- 4 at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
- 4 at the Internet Movie Database