Crystal Swan

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Darya Zhuk
2018
fiction, drama, comedy
Belarus, Germany, USA, Russia
93 min.
Russian

Helga Landauer, co-written by Darya Zhuk
Birgit Goernbock, Olga Goister, Debbie
Vandermeulen, Valery Dmitrotchenko
Danny Gabai, Will McCance, Eddy Moretti, Dmitriy Osmerkin, Chris Schumann,
Shane Smith, Bernie Stern
Carolina Costa
Sergey Dmitrenko, Michal Leszczylowski
Oliver Achatz
Andrey Tolstik

Alina Nassibulina, Ivan Mulin, Yury Borisov, Svetlana Anikey, Ilya Kapanets , Ludmila Razumova, Natalya Onishenko, Vyacheslav Shakalido, Anastasiya Gavrya

Crystal Swan

Director: Darya Zhuk
Year: 2018
Genre: fiction, drama, comedy
Countries: Belarus, Germany, USA, Russia
Length: 93 min.
Original language: Russian

Screenplay: Helga Landauer, co-written by Darya Zhuk
Producers: Birgit Goernbock, Olga Goister, Debbie
Vandermeulen, Valery Dmitrotchenko
Executive Producers: Danny Gabai, Will McCance, Eddy Moretti, Dmitriy Osmerkin, Chris Schumann,
Shane Smith, Bernie Stern
DoP: Carolina Costa
Editors: Sergey Dmitrenko, Michal Leszczylowski
Sound Designer: Oliver Achatz
Production Designer: Andrey Tolstik

Cast: Alina Nassibulina, Ivan Mulin, Yury Borisov, Svetlana Anikey, Ilya Kapanets , Ludmila Razumova, Natalya Onishenko, Vyacheslav Shakalido, Anastasiya Gavrya
Synopsis

In post-Soviet Belarus, unemployed raver Velya dreams of emigrating to the U.S. After purchasing blank letterhead and forging proof of employment to win a much-coveted visa, her dream appears within reach... Until Velya realizes the American consulate plans to call the fake phone number on her application to confirm her employment.

Velya’s only solution is to endure a week in a small factory town to convince the authorities of her supposed job. She locates the cramped Soviet apartment on the other end of the line, overrun by a family preparing for the wedding of their son.

The imperious mother refuses to lie for her, but Velya negotiates a solution: she can answer the phone during business hours as if she works at the factory. But Velya’s presence soon upends both the family’s and the town’s order, with potentially disastrous consequences for all.

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