RUSSIAN TRIANGLE

 

director

Aleco Tsabdze

cast

Artem Tkachenko, Konstantin Khabensky, Pyotr Mironov

producers

Аrchil Gelovani, Levan Korinteli, Guka Rcheulishvili 

production

Criminal drama, 123 min, Remka Film, Georgia, 2007

оriginal title    RUSSKIY TRUGOLNIK   language Russian

 

synopsis

 

A big Russian city- not necessarily Moscow, but the kind that is bustling with all types of life including criminal so the police are not without business. A young agent by the name of Nikolay, whose ancestors on his mother’s side are Georgian, walks into the department which is busy with the investigation of a murder committed by a mysterious blind killer. His intuition leads him to a group of people whose destiny was broken by the Chechenian War. This peaceful town finds its sinister inside, and Nikolay’s noble impulses runs into the cruel and corrupt reality.

This is the war which demands newer and newer victims.

 

festivals & awards

10 Festival selections, among them; Moscow (Competition) – Jury Award; Montreal, Copenhagen, Haifa, Cottbus, Palm Springs, Belgrade, Clevelend