The Game
2008
Director: Alexander Rogozhkin
Screen Play by: Alexander Rogozhkin
Director of Photography: Alexander Smirnov
Art-director: Alexander Zagoskin
Costume designer: Валентина Каменева
Make-up artist: Елена Костенич
Sound Director: Анатолий Гудковский
Composer: Dmitry Pavlov
Editor: Юлия Румянцева
Starring: Yury Stepanov Lubov Lvova Artem Volobuev Artur Vakha Daniil Strakhov Igor Starilov Pavel Gorozhankin Alexander Lymarev Kirill Pirogov Alexey Buldakov Natalia Surkova
Producer: Alexey Uchitel
Production: Rock Films Channel One Russia with the support of the Football Union of Russia, the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography and Rosgosstrakh
Country of production: Russia
Genre: Comedy
Time: 90 min
Storyline
The action takes place at the training base of the Russian national football team. The whole country’s attention is focused on the camp where the players are training prior to one of the biggest matches in the Russian football history. In the background there are all the other people who help them: trainers, administrative staff, doctors, security guards and even cleaners. The fate of the match depends on them as well. They are totally committed to football. But then strange and even baffling things start to happen. Some people want to exploit the situation for their own ends, while others genuinely want to help. The central characters try to get to the bottom of the situation. And then the final match begins. All eyes are glued to the screen. Will our players manage to win?