Rag Union

Rag Union
Directed byMikhail Mestetsky
Written byMikhail Mestetsky
StarringVasiliy Butkevich
Pavel Chinaryov
Release date
Running time
97 min
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Rag Union (Russian: Тряпичный союз, romanizedTryapichnyy soyuz) is a 2015 Russian teen comedy film directed by Mikhail Mestetsky.[1]

The film was screened at the Berlinale in the Generation 14plus section.[2][3]

In 2017, HBO purchased the rights to show the film on the HBO Central Europe channel.[4][5]

Plot

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An ordinary Moscow guy, Vanya, after finishing school, goes to work as a "living advertisement" of monument-tombstones. At the cemetery, he meets three energetic guys - either a section, or a sect that calls itself the "Rag Union". Vanya asks to take him to their training sessions, and they settle for a month at Vanya's dacha.

Cast

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  • Vasily Butkevich as Vanya
  • Aleksandr Pal as Popov
  • Ivan Yankovsky as Andrey
  • Pavel Chinaryov as Pyotr
  • Andrey Kryzhniy as Leader
  • Anastasia Pronina as Sasha

Awards

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The film's acting ensemble received the award for Best Actor at the Kinotavr, which occurred for the first time in the festival's history.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Режиссер фильма: "Тряпичный союз" - это драма идей". TASS.
  2. ^ "Film Review: 'Rag Union'". Variety. March 2016.
  3. ^ "Михаил Местецкий: надеюсь, что зрители оценят веселый дух "Тряпичного союза"". TASS.
  4. ^ "Американский канал НВО купил фильм "Тряпичный союз"". RIA Novosti. 4 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Телесеть HBO приобрела российские фильмы "Тряпичный союз" и "Холодный фронт"". Kommersant. 4 August 2017.
  6. ^ "В Сочи завершился фестиваль "Кинотавр"". TASS.
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