Hostel (Russian: Общага, romanizedObschaga) is a 2021 Russian teen drama film written and directed by Roman Vasyanov, adaptation of Alexei Ivanov's novel A Hostel on Spilled Blood (ru). It stars Gennady Vyrypaev, Irina Starshenbaum, Marina Vasilyeva, Nikita Yefremov, and Ilya Malanin.[1][2]

Hostel
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoman Vasyanov
Written by
  • Roman Vasyanov
  • Ekaterina Bogomolova
  • Pavel Selukov
  • Darya Selukova
  • Alexei Ivanov
Based onA Hostel on Spilled Blood
by Alexei Ivanov
Produced by
  • Artyom Vasilyev
  • Igor Mishin
Starring
CinematographyAleksandr Aleksandrov
Edited bySergey Ivanov
Production
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Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
  • June 2021 (2021-06) (Shanghai International Film Festival)
  • 2021 (2021) (Russia)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

It is unrelated to the 2005 American film series of the same name by Sony's subsidiary Screen Gems. The film premiered in June 2021 at the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival.[3] The premiere took place online on September 26, 2021, at the online cinema Kion (ru) and KinoPoisk HD.

Plot

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The film is set in Sverdlovsk in 1984. A group of young people live in a hostel, and suddenly one student commits suicide, which radically changes the lives of friends.[4]

Cast

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  • Gennady Vyrypaev as Pavel Zabelin (Zabela), a student
  • Irina Starshenbaum as Nelly Karavaeva, a female student
  • Marina Vasilyeva as Sveta Leushina, a female student
  • Nikita Yefremov as Vanya Simakov, a student
  • Ilya Malanin as Igor Kaminsky, a student
  • Yuliya Aug as Olga Botova, the commandant of the hostel

Rest of cast listed alphabetically

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  • Alyona Mikhaylova as Kira Kolesnikova, a female student
  • Aleksandr Kudrenko as Renat, Olga's husband, caretaker
  • Yevgeny Serzin as Yan Gaponov, Komsomol organizer
  • Mariya Ivaschenko as Ira
  • Lyubov Konstantinova as Nadya
  • Vitaly Isakov as an investigator
  • Vladislav Stavropoltsev as Bumagin
  • Kseniya Plyusnina as Dasha Gorokhova
  • Konstantin Plotnikov as Zhenya Gorokhov
  • Tatyana Trudova as Mila
  • Kirill Frolov as Generozov
  • Anna Levit as a girl

Production

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The film was directed by cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, who first appeared in a new capacity. According to him, he had long wanted to take part in the film adaptation of "Hostel on the Blood" (ru) as a cameraman, but due to the lack of a director he decided to take on this function. Vasyanov also became one of the authors of the script.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Фильм Романа Васьянова "Общага" вошел в программу Шанхайского кинофестиваля
  2. ^ Роман Алексея Иванова "Общага-на-Крови" в киноверсии будет называться "Тенерифе"
  3. ^ Премьера «Общаги» Романа Васьянова состоится на Шанхайском кинофестивале
  4. ^ Общага 2020
  5. ^ "Роман Васьянов: «Я могу оставить режиссуру для удовольствия»". proficinema.ru (in Russian). Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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