The Watchers: Beginning

"The Young Will Change The World"

2015 1h 30m RU

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3.9

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★3.9TMDB · 17

CrimeAdventureComedy

Synopsis

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Night in the center of Moscow hit by a girl, she urgently needs complex operations. Her friend Kira finds the culprit, arrogant and cynical tycoon Sergei Polanski, who refuses to admit his guilt and help the injured. He does not care, he has everything under control. In desperation, Cyrus turned for help to the three guys sympathetic to her - bykovatomu Fede, arrogant, handsome Artem computer genius and his wife. Boys entered into between the Covenant - "help the girl punish the villain, and then decide who will become her boyfriend."

“The Young Will Change The World”

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Cast

Sasha Bortich
Kira
Ivan Shakhnazarov
Artem
Ilya Malanin
Fedya
Anvar Khalilulaev
Zhenya
Denis Shvedov
Sergey Polyansky
Alexander Petrov
Ivan Kapitonov
guest at the office
Evgeny Mundum

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Artyom Aksenenko
Writers: Tikhon Kornev, Mehrali Pashayev, Alexey Frenkel
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 28% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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Part of the "The Watchers" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Artyom Aksenenko, shot by Vyacheslav Lisnevsky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Sasha Bortich and Ivan Shakhnazarov and Ilya Malanin carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Young Will Change The World".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Artyom Aksenenko directs. Vyacheslav Lisnevsky behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $1.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Earned back only 28% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
4Released 11 years ago.
5Part of the "The Watchers" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Artyom Aksenenko, shot by Vyacheslav Lisnevsky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Sasha Bortich and Ivan Shakhnazarov and Ilya Malanin carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The Young Will Change The World".
9IMDB entry: tt4853910 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.