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| Directed by | Valery Akhadov |
| Written by | Oleg Antonov |
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| Cinematography | Rostislav Pirumov |
| Music by | Darin Sysoev |
| Production company | Tsentrnauchfilm |
| Distributed by | Pan Terra |
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| Running time | 93 min. |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Box office | $30 000 |
Greenhouse Effect (Russian: Парниковый эффект, romanized: Parnikovyy effekt) is a 2005 Russian melodrama film directed by Valery Akhadov. Its premiere took place as part of the competition program of the Kinotavr.
Plot
A provincial girl, Rita, is robbed of her suitcase at the station. She is all alone in a foreign bustling city with no papers, no money, and no address for her friend.
Rita is assisted by Ernest, a homeless boy, who is also not needed by an indifferent society.
To help Rita, Ernest robs a store and is arrested. With the money stolen by Ernest, Rita leaves for Greece, where she settles in the house of the deceased grandparents of the Greek, a deceased friend of Ernest, and waits for the release of her friend from the colony.
Cast
- Elena Polyakova as Rita
- Alexander Yakin as Ernest
- Alexander Korshunov as doctor
- Irina Loseva as nurse Marina
- Igor Petrusenko as Aleksey, observatory worker
- Pavel Seminihin as police lieutenant
- Anna Frolovtseva as grandmother Pasha
- Aleksey Rozin as airport security guard
- Alexander Fedorov as traveling companion
Reception
Box office
Greenhouse Effect has grossed $30 000.
Accolades
Valery Akhadov's film was awarded two awards at the Zlín Film Festival.
Critical response
As film critic Vasily Koretsky (Time Out Russia): "It is rather embarrassing to watch the development of the platonic romance of a boy and a girl; the acting here resembles an overly intimate allusion to daughter-mothers".
According to Valery Kichin, "Valery Akhadov made a powerful picture of a cold world where there is no social protection, and everyone survives alone, a world that does not need people, is not interested in them. This is our new Russia".
Sergey Kudryavtsev notes: "Perhaps, both the motif of robbery with stabbing, and the departure to a happy land, where Goethe's heroes rushed with inescapable longing, seem like overkill in this urban story" and rates the film 6 out of 10.
References
- ^ Greenhouse Effect at the Kinopoisk
- ^ Просянов, Жан (2022-10-16). "Парниковый эффект (2005)". kino-teatr.ru (in Russian).
- Корецкий, Василий. "Рецензия на фильм «Парниковый эффект»". Time Out (in Russian).
- Кичин, Валерий (2011-11-12). "Монреаль-2005: Искусство выживания". Film.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- Кудрявцев, Сергей (2007-08-03). "Требуется няня. Юные герои отечественных фильмов между добром и злом". ps.1sept.ru (in Russian).
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