Pioneer Heroes (Pionery-Geroi)
Feature film, Russian Federation 2015, 116 minutes
BERLINALE 2015 / Panorama
World Sales: Alpha Violet
Synopsis
Olga, Katya and Andrey live in Moscow. Like all the provincials they arrived in the capital looking for happiness. They are school friends. Olga is an actress playing in ugly series. Katya works in a big PR-agency. She’s in love with a married man. Andrey is a political analyst. He’s a hard worker who relaxes playing video games. As of today, they are rather successful people but they had quite another life once in distant 1987. Little Olga, Katya and Andrey had been dreaming of becoming heroes…
It’s 1987 and they are preparing to become Young Pioneers. Little Andrey dreams of inventing the pill to prevent death and save the humanity. Olga tracks down mythic spies who hunt the Soviet children. Katya dreams of becoming a pioneer. She finds out that her grandpa is a bootlegger breaking the law. She has nightmares about pioneer heroes.
Nowadays Olga, Katya and Andrey are the grown-ups leading the compromising Moscow life. There’s no place for big ideas, feelings and high aspirations. The dreams of the heroic deeds swiped for the dreams of stability. They are trying to live “like all the rest” but that gives them neither happiness, nor satisfaction…
It’s 1987 and they are preparing to become Young Pioneers. Little Andrey dreams of inventing the pill to prevent death and save the humanity. Olga tracks down mythic spies who hunt the Soviet children. Katya dreams of becoming a pioneer. She finds out that her grandpa is a bootlegger breaking the law. She has nightmares about pioneer heroes.
Nowadays Olga, Katya and Andrey are the grown-ups leading the compromising Moscow life. There’s no place for big ideas, feelings and high aspirations. The dreams of the heroic deeds swiped for the dreams of stability. They are trying to live “like all the rest” but that gives them neither happiness, nor satisfaction…
Cast
Natalya Kudryashova
Daria Moroz
Alexey Mitin
Varya Shablakova
Sima Vybornova
Nikita Yakovlev
Yuri Kuznezov
Alexander Userdin
Svetlana Smirnova-Marzinkevitch
Credits
Director and Scriptwriter
Natalya Kudryashova
Cinematography
Ruslan Gerasimenkov
Production Designer
Asya Davydova
Costume Designer
Elena Lukianova
Make-up
Svetlana Blagodarnova
Casting
Yulia Milovidova
Assistant Director
Anna Proshutinskaya
Edited by
Semyon Galperin
Producer
Sergey Selyanov
Line Producer
Andry Rydabov, Vasily Grigolyunas
Associate Producer
Natalia Drozd
Produced by
CTB Film Company
Co-produced by
Masterskaya Seance
Supported by
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation