Verunchik
Director and producer - Artem Zhdanov
Screenwriters - Maria Belonenko, Artem Zhdanov
creative producer - Lika Krylaeva
Time: 19 MIN
Year: 2020
Cast:
Papa: Sergey Kolesov
Anton: Egor Kharlamov
Alena: Anastasia Zhdanova
Verunchik: Vera Novikova
Rich woman: Lika Rula
Lustful girl: Valentina Popova
Good girl: Elizaveta Mazalova
Anton sun: Vladimir Sarapultsev
Anton son girls: Nikol Kositskaya, Elena Markrlova
Сhildren at the stadium: Eva Pushkina
Сhildren in the yard: Filip Smirnov, Dima Vishnevsky
Director of photography: Arseny Bychkov
Gaffer: Evgeny Muravyev
Focus puller: Denis Raev
Sound: Еvgeny Grishin
Production designer: Stas Kuznetsov
Makeup artist: Maria Zakharenkova
Flapper: Lidia Shatohina
Editing: Gelios Chichka
Сolor correction: Serafim Salnikov
The sound: Raf Kuznetsov
Film set administrators: Kristina Podlesnaya, Lina Raksha
Three men live in one apartment - an elderly man Vyacheslav, his 36-year old son Anton and Anton’s son, 16 year old Andrey. Vyacheslav’s wife has died and Anton’s wife left him with his son.
With his wife leaving Anton lost his will to live which his father totally cannot accept. Vyacheslav decides to teach his son everything he knows in the art of pickup.
Anton makes a deal with the father - he completely trusts his father’s guidance, follows his advices and choices. His father arranges different dates for him, but Anton fails each time. Anton realizes that he doesn’t like his father abusive approach.
After another failed attempt, tired of father’s despotism, raging Anton runs home to speak up after which Vyacheslav slips into coma. His spirit comes out of the body. Before he completely disappears he rushes to make it to meet a woman he loved all his life. From his monologue we figure out that he lived his life to spite her. He finds out she has a daughter, Alena. Connecting the dots he realizes that she is his daughter also. The only problem now is his son accidentally met her and now they are attracted to each other. Anton full of confidence following his father past advices quickly wins Alena’s heart. Vyacheslav tries to prevent it by any means.
6 май 2021
