Gloss (film)
| Gloss | |
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| Directed by | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Written by | Andrei Konchalovsky Dunya Smirnova |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Maria Solovyova |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev |
Production company | Andrei Konchalovsky Production Center |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $3 million[1] |
| Box office | $4 610 378[1] |
Gloss (Russian: Глянец, romanized: Glyanets) is a 2007 Russian satirical melodrama directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The picture opened the 2007 Kinotavr film festival, and was part of the competition program.[2]
Plot
[edit]Galya, a young worker in a provincial factory, dreams of becoming a successful model. One day she leaves her alcoholic parents together with her violent boyfriend and goes to Moscow. She ends up getting hired by a great couturier as a seamstress. During one of their shows, she walks the runway as a model, which causes her to be fired on the spot. Then, seemingly by chance, she becomes the assistant of the owner of a highly exclusive matchmaking agency, which arranges marriages for rich men with the most beautiful models in Moscow. Galya, who only thinks of a career, advances in this world of luxury and money and will do everything to achieve her goals.
Cast
[edit]- Julia Vysotskaya — Galya Sokolova
- Juris Lauciņš — Fedor, father of Galya
- Efim Shifrin — Mark Schiffer, fashion designer
- Aleksei Serebryakov — Stasis
- Gennady Smirnov — Petya, the owner of the model agency
- Irina Rozanova — Marina Yurievna, editor of the glossy magazine
- Aleksandr Domogarov — Misha Klimenko
- Olga Arntgolts — Nastya
- Tatyana Arntgolts — Oksana
- Olga Miloyanina — Jeanne
- Alexei Grishin — director
- Artemy Troitsky — thief in the law
- Alexey Kolgan — Volodya
- Fyodor Bondarchuk
- Gosha Kutsenko
- Alexander Ilyin — Mikula
- Sergei Makovetsky
- Andrey Noskov — Gleb
- Yola Sanko — Galya's mother
- Nikolai Fomenko
- Elena Drobysheva
- Yana Poplavskaya
- Ilya Isaev — Viteok
- Elena Perova
- Oleg Komarov
- Vladimir Shiryaev
- Elmira Tuyusheva — Ingeborge
- Yuliya Snigir — model
- Galina Stakhanova — old weaver
Production
[edit]The film was shot in Montenegro, Moscow and Rostov.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Глянец". KinoBusiness.
- ^ "22 Kinotavr - Open Russian Film Festival". Kinotavr. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "ГЛЯНЕЦ. Х/Ф". Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2018-03-09.