- year : 2022
- country : Russia
- timing : 17:43'
- genre : fiction film
- producer : Elizaveta Pichugina
written and produced by Elizaveta Pichugina
DoP Innokenty Timofeev
sound by Alexey Kushtumsky, Dmitry Borushko
editor Elizaveta Pichugina
production designer Ekaterina Kuznetsova
cast: Alexander Smirnov, Natalia Sabitova, Elena Maykhrovskaya, Vadim Kurilov, Ildar Allabirdin, Evgeny Zhigalenkov, Vlad Volkov, Tatiana Pletneva
production company: High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
Spineless Vadik wants to avoid an engagement with the sumo wrestler Larisa on her birthday, but she is passionately in love with him. Her die-hard relatives are pressing: a marriage proposal is the best gift. How can a helpless Vadik be saved?..
- Rabat-Comedy International Film Festival (2022, Morocco, Rabat)
- Moscow Shorts (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- KONIK Film Festival (2022, Russia, Moscow)
- International Film Festival "Northern Character" (2022, Russia, Murmansk)
- Author Short Film Festival "Hazelnut" (2022, Russia, Moscow)
Director’s statement
Dear men! If you still want your woman to solve all your problems for you, very soon your life will turn into what is shown in this film!
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Elizaveta Pichugina was born on 25.08.1995 in Togliatti, Russia. In 2017 graduated from the State University of Management. In 2020 graduated from the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2022 - "Surprise!", shot student film \ diploma
2020 - "Misplaced call", shot film