HARD HEARTED

director

Alexey Mizgirev

cast

Evgeniy Antropov, Dmitriy Kulichkov, Sergey Shehovtsev, Anastasia Bezborodova, Karen Badalov

producers

Sergey Selyanov, Andrey Ridanov

production

Drama, 82 min Bulldozer Films, Russia, 2007

оriginal title  KREMEN language Russian

 

synopsis

 

Modern Moscow – European, glamorous, cruel. The city of hopes and deceived expectations.

The only law is the law of survival. The strongest win. Anton, a young provincial man comes to the capital to see the girl he loves. He moved to Moscow from a small town. The girl rejects him. But Anton is not used to give up. He has to adapt himself to the rules of the alien city. He is ready to win the girl at any cost. But he has his own rules. He is hard-hearted.

 

festivals & awards

Taormina, Pussan, Cottbu, Belgrad, Singapore, Chicago, Marrakesh “Kinotavr (Russia) – Best Debut, Best Script, Mannheim (Germany), – Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize Asia Pacific Awards – Nomination for Best Actor