THE FACTORY / ЗАВОД

RUSSIA – FRANCE – ARMENIA
2018, 109 MIN.
Director & scriptwriter Yuri Bykov
Camera Vladimir Ushakov
Design Sergey Rakutov, Uliana Polyanskaya
Music Ivan Isyanov, Yuri Bykov
Cast: Denis Shvedov, Andrei Smolyakov, Vladislav Abashin, Ivan Yankovsky, Alexander Bukharov, Alexei Komashko, Alexander Bashirov, Dmitry Kulichkov, Andrei Kharybin, Yuri Loparev, Sergey Sosnovsky, Ilya Sokolovsky, Kirill Polukhin, Elena Panova, Alexei Faddeev, Yuri Tarasov, Igor Sigaev, Olesya Brezhneva, Danila Bochkov, Peter Barancheev, Alexander Vorobyov
Producers Yuri Bykov, Charles-Evrard Tchekhoff, Ruslan Tatarintsev, Eduard Iloyan, Alexander Kushaev, Denis Zhalinsky, Alexei Trotsyuk, Olga Ailarova, Vitaly Shlyappo, Andrei Novikov, Evgeny Kazakov
Production Yellow, Black and White Films, Kinovista with the participation of Koda, Wild Bunch, Charm Holding, Invada Film

In broad daylight in the middle of the road the local industrial magnate Kalugin is kidnapped from his own Mercedes. Unknown people in face masks demand a huge ransom. The head of the businessman’s personal guard nicknamed Fog volunteers to deliver the money. At night his guards armed to the teeth drive to Kalugin’s plant where the man is kept hostage. As yet they are unaware that those who have barricaded themselves inside the workshop are local workers led by the former special force officer The Gray. Half a year without wages and the approaching bankruptcy of the plant have forced them to take extreme measures. The guards will stop at nothing in an attempt to set their boss free. But unlike them the workers have nothing to lose…

YURI BYKOV

Born in 1981 in Novomichurinsk, Ryazan Region. Graduated from actors’ department of VGIK (2005, class of V.Grammatikov). Worked at the Moon Theatre, the Gorky Moscow Art Theatre, and the Central Theatre of the Red Army. Arranged sound and worked as sound producer in a recording studio. He made numerous of shorts and advertising video. Winner of national and international film festivals and Nika Award. His filmography includes “Happiness” (2006, short), “The Line” (2007, short), “Evening” (2008, short), “The Boss” (2009, short), “To Live” (2010), “The Major” (2013), “Fool” (2014), “Yolki 1914” (2014), “The Method” (2015, TV series), etc.