DAU. NATASHA
by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel
synopsis
Natasha runs the canteen at a secret 1950s Soviet research institute. This is the beating heart of the DAU universe, everyone drops in here: the institute’s employees, scientists and visiting foreign guests. Natasha’s world is a small one, split between the demands of the canteen during the day and alcohol fuelled nights with her younger colleague Olga, during which the two confide their hopes of romance and for a different future. At a party one evening Natasha becomes close to a visiting French scientist Luc Bigé and the two sleep together. The following day her life takes a dramatic turn when she is summoned to an interrogation by the KGB’s General Vladimir Azhippo who questions the nature of her relationship with the foreign guest.
international title: | DAU. Natasha |
original title: | DAU. Natasha |
country: | Germany, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Russia |
sales agent: | Coproduction Office |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel |
film run: | 145’ |
screenplay: | Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel |
cast: | Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov, Luc Bigé |
cinematography by: | Jürgen Jürges |
film editing: | Brand Thumim |
art director: | Denis Shibanov |
costumes designer: | Lyubov Mingasitinova, Irina Tsvetkova, Olga Bekritskaya, Elena Bekritskaya |
producer: | Sergey Adonyev |
co-producer: | Svetlana Dragayeva, Susanne Marian, Alexandra Timofeeva |
production: | Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktion, Phenomen UK, Phenomen Ukraine (UA), Phenomen Films (RU) |
distributor: | Mozinet |