Shadowboxing

2005 2h 6m RU

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5.4

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★5.4TMDB · 74

ActionDrama

Synopsis

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Artem Kolchin was one of many, but he wanted glory. And he has chosen the way: he became the boxer. Now Artem the applicant for a champion title, fighter, known worldwide as Great White Hope. But the main fight in his life has not gone how he expected...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Andrei Panin
Валиев
Elena Panova
Vika
Denis Nikiforov
Артем Колчин
Dmitriy Shevchenko
Нечаев
Alexander Kuznetsov
Змей
John Amos
Хилл
Sergey Bezrukov
Саша Белый
Ivan Makarevich
Костя

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alexey Sidorov
Languages: Russian, English
Countries: Russia

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Shadow Boxing Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alexey Sidorov, shot by Yuriy Rayskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Andrei Panin and Elena Panova and Denis Nikiforov carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0415678 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alexey Sidorov directs. Yuriy Rayskiy behind the camera. Margarita Smirnova cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 21 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.
4Part of the "Shadow Boxing Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Alexey Sidorov, shot by Yuriy Rayskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Margarita Smirnova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Andrei Panin and Elena Panova and Denis Nikiforov carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0415678 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.