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The Factory (Russian: Завод, romanized: Zavod) is a 2018 crime thriller film directed and written by Yuri Bykov.[2][3][4] It stars Denis Shvedov and Andrey Smolyakov.[5][6] It screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[7]

Directed byYuri Bykov
Written byYuri Bykov
Produced by
  • Yuri Bykov
  • Charles-Evrard Tchekhoff
  • Eduard Iloyan
Starring
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The Factory
Russian theatrical release poster
Directed byYuri Bykov
Written byYuri Bykov
Produced by
  • Yuri Bykov
  • Charles-Evrard Tchekhoff
  • Eduard Iloyan
Starring
CinematographyVladimir Ushakov
Edited byAnna Krutiy
Music byAleksey Zubarev
Production
companies
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release date
  • September 8, 2018 (2018-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time
109 min.
Countries
  • Russia
  • France[1]
LanguageRussian
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Synopsis

The owner of the Kalugin's factory informed the workers that he will be obliged to close it soon as it is not profitable. The boss, a local oligarch called Kalugin was kidnapped from his car by masked and armed persons who demanded for him a big ransom. The money is taken to the workers by the head of the oligarch personal security team. His heavily armed mercenaries arrive at night at the factory where the boss is being held hostage.

Those who barricaded themselves in the workshop are local workers led by a former Special Forces soldier, nicknamed Sedoi. Six months without a salary and the impending bankruptcy of the plant push them to a desperate step.

To pull out their boss, nothing will stop the mercenaries. But unlike them, hard workers have nothing more to lose.

Cast

Production

The filming began in October 2017.[9] The shooting took place at a real factory of reinforced concrete structures in the Sokolniki district (Moscow), the work of the plant was not stopped during the shooting.[10]

Reception

The film received average ratings from film critics.[11][12]

According to Andrei Konchalovsky, Bykov everything goes into the plot, instead of doing the main thing, the meaning of life.[13]

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