Siberian Education
| Siberian Education | |
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| Directed by | Gabriele Salvatores |
| Written by | Gabriele Salvatores Sandro Petraglia |
| Story by | Nicolai Lilin (novel) |
| Starring | John Malkovich Arnas Fedaravicius |
| Cinematography | Italo Petriccione |
| Edited by | Massimo Fiocchi |
| Music by | Mauro Pagani |
Release date | 2013 |
Running time | 110 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | English |
Siberian Education (known as Deadly Code in the United States;[1]) is a 2013 Italian crime-drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. It is based on the allegedly autobiographic novel with the same name written by Nicolai Lilin,[2] who also known under the real name Nikolai Verzhbitsky.[3] The film was nominated to 11 David di Donatello awards, including Best Film and Best Director.[4] Mauro Pagani won the Ciak d'oro for Best Score.[5] The novel by Lilin has never been published in Russia and a Russian journalist found upon investigation that the story was fabricated and is a Lilin's hoax.[3]
Plot
Kolyma and Gagarin are two boys in an ethnically Siberian village in Transdnistria being raised by Kolyma's grandfather Kuzja. Kuzja imposes a very strict education to the children, focusing on hatred for the Soviet officials such as bankers or the military, which are regarded as enemies. In one of their robbery attempts, usually made by Kolyma and Gagarin, with the help of their friends Mel and Vitalic which bring other boys against Soviets, Gagarin is captured, tried and imprisoned. Seven years later Gagarin is freed, but he discovers that his world has completely changed, and he does not know how to succeed in solving his problems. Gagarin finally discovers that the ideals of his people have collapsed in the drug trade, and so he comes into this new system, but he ends up in strong contrast with Kolyma.
Cast
- John Malkovich: Granpa Kuzja
- Arnas Fedaravicius: Kolyma
- Vilius Tumalavicius: Gagarin
- Peter Stormare: Ink
- Eleanor Tomlinson: Xenya
- Jonas Trukanas: Mel
- Erikas Zaremba: Vitalic
- James Tratas: Shorty
References
- ^ "Also Known As (AKA)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Malkovich gets a Siberian Education". Belfast Telegraph. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Татуированная клюква". Kommersant.ru (in Russian). 3 October 2011.
- ^ "David, boom per Vicari e Tornatore: 13 nomination "Diaz" e "La migliore offerta"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 10 May 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ^ "Ciak d'oro al musicista Pagani". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 5 June 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
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