Petropolis

Petropolis (2022)

Петрополис

The film takes place in Russia, America and Japan. The main character Vladimir Ognev is the son of a family of immigrants from Russia. in the early 2000s, he lives and studies in the USA. he has a brilliant scientific career and a happy personal life. after defending his dissertation, Vladimir receives an offer from the UN special department to study the scenario: how will humanity react if it finds out that an alien civilization exists and has been in constant contact with us for many years? over time, Vladimir realizes that this scenario is not as fantastic as it seems. now the future of the earth depends on his work.

Date of release
2022-08-27
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction
Director
Valery Fokin

Casting

Interesting facts

Petrópolis is a 2022 Russian science-fiction thriller drama film directed by Valery Fokin, with a script of the tape is based on the story Fire, authored by the director's son Kirill Fokin. The film stars Anton Shagin and Yuliya Snigir, and they will be accompanied by Vladimir Koshevoy, Odin Biron, and Junsuke Kinoshita.

Production

The film was directed by a well-known Russian theater director Valery Fokin, after almost a twenty-year break, returned to the cinema to shoot Petrópolis based on the novel Fire by his son Kirill Fokin, published in 2016 by the Veche publishing house and adapted for the stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in 2016. Later, based on the story, a play called Today. 2016 - ....

The film was produced by Revolution Film and Interfest with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Principal photography process began in August 2020 in Saint Petersburg and the region of Leningrad Oblast.

The main part of the filming took place in Moscow in August and September 2020 this year in the pavilion of the indoor karting center with an area of 6800 sq. m. on the territory of the Moscow Pipe Plant "FILIT", where the largest scenery in Russian cinema at the moment was built. The locations of St. Petersburg, Miami and Tokyo are united in a single scenery.

For filming in Moscow, a large-scale set was built on the territory of the former pipe plant - about 20 locations, which fit three countries: Russia, America, Japan. Here, not only the interiors of houses and offices, but also streets, boulevards, pavements, cafes and Restaurants and even a villa on the beach in Miami. This house is from the memories of Ognev, where he once lived with his wife and was happy.

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