Kislota | Acid
Panorama 2019
RUS 2018
by: Alexander Gorchilin
Ksenia Atlashkina, Alexander Kuznetsov, Evgeniya Sheveleva, Savva Saveliev
Kislota | Acid
Panorama 2019
RUS 2018
by: Alexander Gorchilin
Filipp Avdeev, Arina Shevtsova
Kislota | Acid
Panorama 2019
RUS 2018
by: Alexander Gorchilin
Alexander Kuznetsov
Kislota | Acid
Panorama 2019
RUS 2018
by: Alexander Gorchilin
Alexander Gorchilin
Kislota | Acid
Panorama 2019
RUS 2018
by: Alexander Gorchilin
Feb 8, 2019Group photo
The team at the Zoo Palast.
Panorama – Kislota | Acid
Feb 8, 2019Premiere
Panorama – Kislota | Acid
Feb 8, 2019Alexander Gorchilin
The director of the Russian film.
Panorama – Kislota | Acid
Stark naked, Vanya jumps to his death off a balcony. ‘If you want to jump, jump,’ Pete had told him. Before: a flooded apartment, a toilet in the middle of the room, paranoia. Moby’s ‘Why does my heart feel so bad?’ on in the background. Kislota (Acid), the stylish directorial debut of 26-year-old Russian actor Alexander Gorchilin, begins like a trip and breathlessly continues: Vanya’s funeral is followed by clubbing, drugs and the artist Vasilisk, who asks Sasha if he can photograph his circumcised penis. He may. Sasha becomes the focus of the film. The acid of the title first comes into play in the artist’s studio when Vasilisk dissolves his father’s sculptures in it. Life is not bad in today’s Russia for the young, fatherless men at the centre of the film. They look good, but their lives have no sense of direction. The bottle of acid remains in the room the next morning. It will continue to play a role in the story.
Gorchilin finds powerful images for his depiction of a youth that seem to be losing their grip on life. And neither the cream-coloured interiors of their bourgeois homes, nor rhythmic gymnastics or even the church seem to offer them anything to hold on to.
by
Alexander Gorchilin
Russian Federation 2018
Russian
98’ · Colour
Filipp Avdeev (Sasha)Alexander Kuznetsov (Pete)Arina Shevtsova (Karina)Savva Saveliev (Vasilisk)Alexandra Rebenok (Sasha's Mom)Roza Khayrullina (Sasha's Grandmother)Dmitriy Kulichkov (Karina's Stepfather)Elena Morozova (Pete's Mom)Aleksey Agranovich (Pete's Father)Pyotr Skvortsov (Ivan)
Born in Moscow, Russia in 1992, he completed his studies at the Moscow Art Theatre School in 2012. He has appeared as an actor in several successful Russian films including Kirill Serebrennikov’s Leto (2018) and The Student (2016). He is a member of the Gogol Center theatre ensemble in Moscow. Kislota (Acid) is his debut feature film as a director.
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
Studio Slon
Truemen Pictures
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