Directed by:
Aleksei MizgiryovCinematography:
Janis EglitisComposer:
Aleksandr ManotskovCast:
Jevgeni Antropov, Азамат Нигманов, Daniela Stoyanovich, Dmitriy Kulichkov, Nikolay Kochura, Fyodor Leonov, Sakhat Dursunov, Олег Васильков (more)Plots(1)
Following a brawl, Captain Ignat, who is traumatised by the death of his daughter, is ordered together with a regular soldier to find a deserter and bring him back via Moscow to stand before a military court. Although they locate the young soldier, their journey across the wintry moloch that is Moscow is slow and tortuous. Before long, the unlikely trio find themselves drawn into a chaotic maelstrom of violence, corruption, criminality, degradation and squalidness. In the face of the monstrous malaise and everyday horror of life in Russia, the gradual breakdown of the film's anti-hero becomes a metaphor for Russian society. Pungent, dark, cold, bloody, dirty, merciless and with no hope of redemption THE CONVOY is an atmospheric portrait of the country's most important institutions – army and police – seen here as a reflection of a society determined by the relationship between power and subjugation, seniority and discipline, physical violence and a status-oriented, hierarchical way of thinking. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Jevgeni Antropov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Kalashnikov (2020)
Antikiller D.K: Ljubov bez pamjati (2009)
Krylya nad Berlinom (2022)
Азамат Нигманов
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tichaja zastava (2011)
The Last Frontier (2020)
Panfilov's Twenty Eight (2016)
Daniela Stoyanovich
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Wild Field (2008)
Acid (2018)
Target (2011)
Dmitriy Kulichkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Fool (2014)
Fortress of War (2010)
The Major (2013)
Nikolay Kochura
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
Tycoon (2002)
The Bolshoi (2016)
Fyodor Leonov
Soviet Union
Sakhat Dursunov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Spacewalker (2017)
Brother II (2000)
Once Upon a Time in the Provinces (2008)
Олег Васильков
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Demons (2014) (series)
Brother II (2000)
Battle for Sevastopol (2015)
Artur Beschastnyy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Duelist (2016)
Dovlatov (2018)
Betrayal (2012)
Karim Pakachakov
Best movies:
Crush (2009)
Under Electric Clouds (2015)
Burnt by the Sun 2 (2010)