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Director:
Yuri BykovGuión:
Yuri BykovCámara:
Vladimir UshakovMúsica:
Anna DrubichReparto:
Denis Shvedov, Vladislav Abashin, Andrey Smolyakov, Kirill Polukhin, Aleksandr Bukharov, Dmitriy Kulichkov, Ivan Yankovskiy, Yuri Tarasov (más)Sinopsis(1)
The Factory opens like a classic post-Soviet maelstrom. A dilapidated industrial building stands in some godforsaken Russian town whose people it had employed before the winds changed its ownership from state regulation to capitalist privatization. When Konstantine Kalugine (Andrey Smolyakov), a local oligarch with links to the KGB and the political powers that be, announces the factory’s bankruptcy, a group of blue-collar workers who haven’t been paid for months conspire to kidnap him for ransom. Though inexperienced and disorganized, each of them is between a rock and a hard place, and they all have their own reasons for taking this fateful plunge. Under the tutelage of mysterious Alexei (Denis Shvedov), the heist quickly goes awry. Soon, Kalugine’s private security team, led by Fog (Vladislav Abashine), and SWAT police have them surrounded. The radicals are trapped inside, the ticking of the clock is palpable, and allegiances are murky. One thing is clear: everyone is disenchanted and knows deep down that in this world there is no justice. And is this a robbery or a revolution? As single threads are slowly pulled, the entire plot unravels into chaos and violence. (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Bykov vuelve a señalar la corrupción de Rusia, pero también la necesidad de la existencia de capas sociales (porque de lo contrario la sociedad simplemente no puede funcionar). Y como quiere dar el beneficio de la duda a múltiples bandos, además de una sofisticada constelación de personajes, pero a medias (la película es puro mainstream), la distribución de la simpatía entre los jugadores de este juego asesino titubea un poco hacia el final, y se siente más confusa. Sin embargo, gracias a su imprevisible desarrollo y a su calidad de forma, su película sigue siendo muy «enjoyable». [Helsinki IFF]
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I guess I didn't quite get the ending, but I wasn't bored for a minute and I could take some life truths away with me. For example, I found the polemic that justice does not exist to be apt and more than appropriate in the social context of the movie. As a whole, it was really depressing and yet sufficiently suspenseful, musically sophisticated and quite unpredictable in terms of plot. Which are certainly compelling reasons for my great satisfaction with this movie. (80%)
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Yuri Bykov serves up a decent dramatic thriller and the Russians score plus points. The story is about factory workers who have not been paid for three months and decide to kidnap and rob their boss, but the boss of the factory is an influential man who has dangerous people working for him and this complicates the whole situation. The film more or less takes place in one factory with several characters whose relationships will constantly change, secrets will float to the surface and there will be one perfectly realistic shootout. Apart from the acting performances, I also praise the smart dialogue. 75%.
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Criticism of the system, non-criticism of the system, as soon as I see people in balaclavas with AKs in their hands standing around in dank factories and devastated plains, I get a terrible S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video game vibe. Otherwise, actually, like Bykov's previous The Fool, this feels like a perfect debut in the many ways it wants to scream about some injustice in the world without forgiving itself for various genre shortcuts, artifacts, or even action scenes. The Factory feels less mature than The Fool, in some ways written by an enthusiastic child's hand, but it's also clear that its owner is someone who watches contemporary films and can thus spin some of the clichés on offer. From that perspective, it's such a synergistic joy to watch. However much the film tries to be bleak and oppressive.
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Yuri Bykov's film put me in a much better mood after Andrei Tarkovsky had done a number on me. It certainly didn’t get so philosophical (just a little), and what I got instead was an interesting and decently filmed story. I didn't get bored even for a second, and the film made me feel good despite its gloomy atmosphere.
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