The Land of Sasha
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Elizaveta Tikhonova
Maria Shulgina
- Katerina Mikhailova
- Konstantin Fam
| The Land of Sasha | |
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| Directed by | Yulia Trofimova |
| Written by | Yulia Trofimova Elizaveta Tikhonova Maria Shulgina |
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| Cinematography | Yegor Povolotskiy |
| Edited by | Marcel Shamshulin |
| Music by | Sergei Stern |
| Color process | Vadim Saprykin |
Production company | Vega Film[1] |
| Distributed by | Central Partnership |
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Running time | 83 min. |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
The Land of Sasha (Russian: Страна Саша, romanized: Strana Sasha) is a Russian coming-of-age film directed by Yulia Trofimova,[2] filmed by Vega Film based on the young adult book of the same name by Russian writer Gala Uzryutova.[3][4]
The world premiere of the film took place on February 15, 2022, in Berlin, the film was included in the Generation 14+ program of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.[5][6]
Seventeen-year-old Sasha struggles to choose a university and shies away from serious relationships with girls, blaming his indecision on his father, who abandoned him in early childhood. Meeting an unusual girl named Zhenya, along with a confrontation with his father, forces Sasha to finally face adulthood.[7][8]
Cast
- Mark Eidelstein as Sasha
- Maria Matsel as Zhenya
- Yevgenia Gromova as Sophia, Sasha's mother
- Dmitry Endaltsev as Maxim
- Alisa Tarasenko as Liza
- Maxim Shpakovsky as Sasha's father
- Daria Rumyantseva as Natella
