He's a Dragon

He's a Dragon
He's a Dragon
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Indar Dzhendubaev
Screenplay by	Aleksey Arsenev ; Indar Dzhendubaev
Produced by	Igor Tsay ; Timur Bekmambetov ; Natalya Smirnova
Starring	Mariya Poezzhaeva ; Matvey Lykov ; Stanislav Lyubshin ; Ieva Andrejevaite ; Pyotr Romanov
Cinematography	Sergey Trofimov
Music by	Simon Finley
Production; companies	Bazelevs Production ; Mindstream Productions
Release date	December 3, 2015 (Russia);
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	$ 18,000,000
Box office	126,557,888 (Russia, February 2016)[1] CN¥60.1 million (China)

He's a Dragon (Russian: Он - дракон, romanized: On - drakon) is a 2015 3D Russian romance fantasy adventure film directed by Indar Dzhendubaev and starring Matvey Lykov and Mariya Poezzhaeva.^[1]^[2] It was released in Russia on December 3, 2015.^[2]

Plot

Princess Miroslava is in the midst of her wedding when a dragon catches her. She is held prisoner in the cave of her kidnapper dragon. It turns out that all of this has happened because of a ritual song which has summoned the beast. A man speaks to her through a hole in the cave and he does not have a name. She names him Arman. Mira's groom is on the way, and she tries not only to survive, but also to awaken Arman's human side. For many centuries dragon-men lived on an enchanted island. Hearing the song-call, the dragon flies and takes a girl, and then burn her on the altar, and in the ashes a new born boy dragon is born, and he will have to face a choice: to remain human or not; by way of the dragon, the ancestor's memories go to him. But Arman does not want violence, against his will the song calls him, turning into a dragon.

Suppressing the beast within himself, the young man shows Mira the Island, his home and talks about himself, gradually falling in love; as it turns out, the island is invisible to humans, but it can be found if the person on the island loves the individual who is searching for the island. Since Mira does not love her fiance now that she is with Arman, the ship floats aimlessly in the sea in search of the island. Meanwhile, Arman trusts the girl more and more, she prepares to escape from the island; when he hears about this, he lets her.

Mira is preparing to get married, and Arman jumps off a cliff in a suicide attempt. Changing her mind at the last moment, the princess sings the Dragon song: everyone understands that she calls the dragon. In the end the dragon arrives and takes her. Years later, their daughter, is a human. Mira flies on her dragon-husband, he is no longer dangerous to her, and they live happily ever after.

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Actor Matvey Lykov as Arman.

Cast

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Production

Filming

He's a Dragon was the feature film directorial debut of Indar Dzhendubaev. Filming took place in the Black Sea.^[3]^[4] According to the creators of the film, they have preserved much of the literary original, but at the same time brought new elements to the story. The film, 85% of which consisted of computer graphics, was drawn with the help of Russian computers. Posters for the film were created in a photo shoot by photo artist Uldus Bakhtiozina.^[5]

Reception

The film was met with mixed reviews. Such publications as Film.ru,^[6] and Afisha,^[7] responded positively to the film. Others, in particular Mir Fantastiki,^[8] Weburg,^[9] The Hollywood Reporter,^[10] rated it as average. Rossiyskaya Gazeta review was strongly negative.

Box office

The film flopped at the Russian box office, collecting $1.7 million, and in view of rentals in other CIS countries - $1.8 million, which is significantly less than the film's budget - $18 million. The film has grossed CN¥60.1 million at the Chinese box office.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "他是龙（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved September 15, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "他是龙 Он - дракон (2015)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^ "«Он — дракон»: первый тизер нового проекта Бекмамбетова". mail.ru.
^ "Кинокомпания Бекмамбетова снимает фэнтези о драконе и силе любви". russkiymir.ru.
^ "Новости компании - 04.12.2015". t-platforms.ru.
^ Boris Ivanov, Рецензия на фильм Он — дракон: В когтях страсти
^ Anton Dolin, Afisha. «Он — дракон» Индара Джендубаева: зверь сердечный
^ Ekaterina Ptashkina, Он — дракон: фэнтези про стокгольмский синдром
^ Kirill Ilyukhin, «Он — Дракон»: драконам нужны принцессы
^ Dmitry Ostashevsky, The Hollywood Reporter. Рецензия: «Он — дракон» Индара Джендубаева с Марией Поезжаевой

External links

[cbooo-1] "他是龙（2016）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved September 15, 2016.

[douban-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "他是龙 Он - дракон (2015)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

[3] "«Он — дракон»: первый тизер нового проекта Бекмамбетова". mail.ru.

[4] "Кинокомпания Бекмамбетова снимает фэнтези о драконе и силе любви". russkiymir.ru.

[5] "Новости компании - 04.12.2015". t-platforms.ru.

[6] Boris Ivanov, Рецензия на фильм Он — дракон: В когтях страсти

[7] Anton Dolin, Afisha. «Он — дракон» Индара Джендубаева: зверь сердечный

[8] Ekaterina Ptashkina, Он — дракон: фэнтези про стокгольмский синдром

[9] Kirill Ilyukhin, «Он — Дракон»: драконам нужны принцессы

[10] Dmitry Ostashevsky, The Hollywood Reporter. Рецензия: «Он — дракон» Индара Джендубаева с Марией Поезжаевой

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