Greenhouse Effect
Theatrical release poster
Directed byValery Akhadov
Written byOleg Antonov
Produced by
  • Sergei Zernov
  • Svetlana Kuchmaeva
Starring
  • Elena Polyakova
  • Alexander Yakin
  • Alexander Korshunov
CinematographyRostislav Pirumov
Music byDarin Sysoev
Production
company
Tsentrnauchfilm
Distributed byPan Terra
Release date
2005
Running time
93 min.
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Box office$30 000[1]

Greenhouse Effect (Russian: Парниковый эффект, romanized: Parnikovyy effekt) is a 2005 Russian melodrama film directed by Valery Akhadov. Its premiere took place as part of the competition program of the Kinotavr.[2]

Plot

A provincial girl, Rita, is robbed of her suitcase at the station. She is all alone in a foreign bustling city with no papers, no money, and no address for her friend.

Rita is assisted by Ernest, a homeless boy, who is also not needed by an indifferent society.

To help Rita, Ernest robs a store and is arrested. With the money stolen by Ernest, Rita leaves for Greece, where she settles in the house of the deceased grandparents of the Greek, a deceased friend of Ernest, and waits for the release of her friend from the colony.

Cast

Reception

Box office

Greenhouse Effect has grossed $30 000.[1]

Accolades

Valery Akhadov's film was awarded two awards at the Zlín Film Festival.

Critical response

As film critic Vasily Koretsky (Time Out Russia): "It is rather embarrassing to watch the development of the platonic romance of a boy and a girl; the acting here resembles an overly intimate allusion to daughter-mothers".[3]

According to Valery Kichin, "Valery Akhadov made a powerful picture of a cold world where there is no social protection, and everyone survives alone, a world that does not need people, is not interested in them. This is our new Russia".[4]

Sergey Kudryavtsev notes: "Perhaps, both the motif of robbery with stabbing, and the departure to a happy land, where Goethe's heroes rushed with inescapable longing, seem like overkill in this urban story" and rates the film 6 out of 10.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Greenhouse Effect at the Kinopoisk
  2. 1 2 3 Просянов, Жан (2022-10-16). "Парниковый эффект (2005)". kino-teatr.ru (in Russian).
  3. ↑ Корецкий, Василий. "Рецензия на фильм «Парниковый эффект»". Time Out (in Russian).
  4. ↑ Кичин, Валерий (2011-11-12). "Монреаль-2005: Искусство выживания". Film.ru (in Russian).
  5. ↑ Кудрявцев, Сергей (2007-08-03). "Требуется няня. Юные герои отечественных фильмов между добром и злом". ps.1sept.ru (in Russian).


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