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Swallows Have Arrived

20076.0 / 1089 min

Drama, Thriller

Overview

Pale, thin, cold-sweating Pik (Khugaev) teaches literature at the local university to students so indifferent they play cards and take phone calls while he lectures. "The hell with you,” he says, walking out mid-class. It’s unclear just why Pik seems so sickly, though by midpoint we realize he’s a heroin addict in withdrawal. Broke, alienated, shunned by his dealer, he searches for a fix or any other salvation, sharing his bleak thoughts in voiceover. Attractive lensing and spare piano/ambient sound score abet the feature’s melancholy, meditative aura.

Cast

Irlan Khugaev

Soslan Tsalagov

Leyla Tebloeva

Marat Dzagurov

Artur Khatagov

Vyacheslav Guriyev

Soslan Makiev

Tigran Kaitmazov

Zemfira Galazova

Elina Zakharova

Crew

Tigran Kaitmazov

Production Design

Tigran Kaitmazov

Costume Design

Aleksandr Kamaldinov

Sound Director

Soslan Makiev

Assistant Director

Mikhail Blinov

Additional Director of Photography

Anton Isaev

Additional Director of Photography

Yuliya Kostomarova

Makeup Artist

Yulia Shishkina

Makeup Artist

Aslan Galazov

Director

Aslan Galazov

Producer

Olga Kochetkova

Producer

Aslan Galazov

Writer

Irlan Khugaev

Writer

Shirvani Chalaev

Music

Leonid Deryagin

Director of Photography

Anna Zabludovskaya

Director of Photography

Olga Shevchenko

Editor