The New Year's Rate Plan

2008 1h 26m RU

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 39

RomanceComedyFantasy

Synopsis

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Performing the traditional New Year's call on the unknown phone number Andrey didn't even suspected, that just after his return to Moscow, he had bought a magic starting pack of cellular communications operator. Getting through to the deserted in New Year's eve Alyona, Andrey almost falls in love with her, but there exists a temporal problem. Alyona is celebrating coming 2008 year and Andrey is going to meet 2009. Trying "to set a contact" with Alyona's «future variant» he comes to know the terrible truth about the events, that appended in the end of 2008. Now the main goal of Andrey and all his friends - to prevent the awful tragedy and to turn into reality the meeting of Alyona and Andrey...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Maksim Matveev
Andrey
Valeriya Lanskaya
Alyona Sergeeva
Svetlana Sukhanova
Rita Ryzhova
Boris Korchevnikov
Pashka
Ekaterina Malikova
Masha
Evgeniy Slavskiy
Vadim
Roman Polyanskiy
Kot
Miroslava Karpovich
Olechka

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Evgeniy Bedarev
Writers: Elena Laskareva, Anastasiya Volkova
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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RUNTIME

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

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Evgeniy Bedarev, shot by Maksim Shinkorenko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alexandr Khachko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Maksim Matveev and Valeriya Lanskaya and Svetlana Sukhanova carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1373243 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 39 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Evgeniy Bedarev directs. Maksim Shinkorenko behind the camera. Alexandr Khachko cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

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Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 18 years ago.
4Directed by Evgeniy Bedarev, shot by Maksim Shinkorenko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Alexandr Khachko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Maksim Matveev and Valeriya Lanskaya and Svetlana Sukhanova carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1373243 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 39 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "new year's eve", "time travel", "car accident", "cell phone".