Turning (2002 film)

2002 Russian film
  • Valery Fokin
  • Franz Kafka
  • Ivan Popov [ru]
Produced by
  • Leonid Bits
  • Oleg Lerner
  • Igor Pogrebinsky
Starring
  • Yevgeny Mironov
  • Igor Kvasha
  • Tatyana Lavrova
CinematographyIgor KlebanovEdited byLidiya VolokhovaMusic byAleksandr Bakshi
Production
company
Mosfilm
Release date
October 17, 2002
Running time
80 min.CountryRussiaLanguageRussian

Turning (Russian: Превращение, romanized: Prevrashchenie) is a 2002 Russian drama film directed by Valery Fokin.[1][2][3]

Plot

The film tells about an exemplary family man who had a nightmare, after which he turned into a disgusting insect.[4]

Cast

  • Yevgeny Mironov as Gregor Samsa[5]
  • Igor Kvasha as father
  • Tatyana Lavrova as mother
  • Avangard Leontiev as manager
  • Natalya Shvets as sister[6]
  • Leonid Timtsunik as shop owner
  • Lyudmila Polyakova as new maid

Critical response

According to film critic Lidiya Maslova, "the main miscalculation is the choice of Yevgeny Mironov for the main role. Mironov does not condescend to transform himself. He remains not so much a man, but a movie star who crawls on the floor on his stomach and sometimes arrogantly wiggles his fingers and toes".[7]

References

  1. ^ "Дела шутейные. Спектакль «Шутники» театра «Сатирикон»". rewizor.ru.
  2. ^ "В Музее им. Бахрушина открылась фотовыставка мастеров театральной сцены". mk.ru.
  3. ^ В Минкультуры РФ одобрили субсидирование десяти российских фильмов (in Russian)
  4. ^ "Превращение (2002)". kinopoisk.ru (in Russian).
  5. ^ "(Ре)презентация «Превращения»: Фокин, Кафка, Магритт и проблема кинематографической адаптации". kinozapiski.ru (in Russian).
  6. ^ Turning (2002) Full Cast / Crew
  7. ^ "Рождённый ползать". kommersant.ru (in Russian).
  • Turning at IMDb