Star (2014 film)

Star
Directed by	Anna Melikian
Produced by	Ruben Dishdishyan Anna Melikian
Written by	Anna Melikian Andrey Migachev Victoria Bugayeva
Starring	Tinatin Dalakishvili Severija Janušauskaitė
Music by	Igor Vdovin Alina Orlova Anna Drubich Alexey Arkhipovsky
Cinematography	Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev[1]
Edited by	Dasha Danilova Pavel Ruminov
Production company	Mars Media Entertainment Magnum Film Srudio
Release date	18 June 2014 (2014-06-18) (Kinotavr)
Running time	128 min
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Star (Russian: Звезда, translit. Zvezda) is a 2014 Russian drama film directed by Anna Melikian.^[2]

Plot

Young Masha desperately wants to become a star, she saves money for plastic surgery and in parallel, persistently goes to castings and looks after a lonely old man to earn money. Mature Rita is the lover of the deputy minister, who wants to become pregnant and marry him. Kostya is the son of a deputy minister, who is constantly in conflict with his father and Rita, but falls in love with Masha when he meets her.

After quarreling, Rita is forced to leave her lover's house, and meets Masha by chance.

Cast

• Tinatin Dalakishvili as Masha
• Severija Janušauskaitė as Rita
• Pavel Tabakov as Kostya
• Andrey Smolyakov as Sergey Vladimirovich
• Juozas Budraitis as old man

Awards

• Kinotavr^[3]:
  • Best Director (Anna Melikian)
  • Best Actress (Severija Janušauskaitė)
• V Odesa International Film Festival^[4]:
  • Special Jury Prize (Tinatin Dalakishvili)
• Golden Eagle Award^[5]:
  • Best Supporting Actress (Severija Janušauskaitė)

References

External links

• Official website
• Star on IMDb