The White List (film)

The White List
Directed byAlisa Khazanova
Written byRoman Volobuev
Produced byArtyom Vasilev
Igor Mishin
StarringAleksei Serebryakov
Vladimir Averyanov
Yevgenia Kregzhde
Anastasiya Krasovskaya
CinematographyGeorge Dascalescu
Edited byRoman Volobuev
Music byIgor Vdovin
Production
company
Metrafilm
Distributed byMTS Media
Release date
  • November 23, 2023 (2023-11-23)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

The White List (Russian: Белый список, translit. Beliy Spisok) is a 2023 Russian police procedural drama film directed by Alisa Khazanova from the script by Roman Volobuev and starring Aleksei Serebryakov.[1] The film is loosely based on the events surrounding the police investigation of Blue Whale Challenge controversy in 2016.[2]

Plot

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In the midst of a nationwide moral panic caused by a newspaper article linking a recent spike in teenage suicides across Russia to a viral 'suicide game' two federal investigators are sent to a small Russian town of Podolsk to review a cold case involving a suspicious death of a schoolgirl. Initially seeing their task as a mere PR stunt both gradually start to lose their focus as they venture deeper into the paranoid world of conspiracy theories surrounding the case.[3]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey. "Russian indie production outfit MetraFilms ramps up slate". Screen. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  2. ^ "Алиса Хазанова снимет фильм о группах смерти в интернете". ТАСС. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  3. ^ "Кинокомпания «Метрафильмс» и онлайн-кинотеатр Kion начали съемки нового фильма Алисы Хазановой". kinometro.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-11-08.
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