Private Project

Era

Mother and son, until this moment inseparable, are met
with irreconcilable circumstances: Era, for whom Andrey
has always been her reason for living, has finally fallen
in love…

  • Veniamin Ilyassov
    Director
    Mechtastan
  • Veniamin Ilyassov
    Writer
    Mechtastan
  • Andrey Epifanov
    Producer
    Love Love Love (short), Song of the Tree
  • Tanya Petrik
    Producer
    Love Love Love (short), Song of the Tree
  • Marianne Schultz
    Key Cast
    "Era"
    Leviathan
  • Gennady Blinov
    Key Cast
    "Andrey"
  • Fyodor Lavrov
    Key Cast
    "Anatoly"
    Paper Soldier
  • Jean Daniel
    Key Cast
    "Mikhail"
    The Tuner
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Эра
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Drama, Debut
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 45 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 23, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    700,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    HDD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:2.39
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Mayak Festival
    Gelendzhik
    Russian Federation
    October 7, 2023
    National Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • CoolConnections
    Distributor
    Country: Russian Federation
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Veniamin Ilyassov

Born in the Republic of Kazakhstan in 1993. A 2015 graduate of the Cinema and TV faculty at the Moscow Federal Institute of Culture and Arts (MGUKI) with a degree in Directing dramatic and documentary films.

As a student at MGUKI, began working in theater as a costume assistant to K. Serebrennikov at Moscow’s Gogol Center, as well as the “Praktika” theater (Moscow) and Mayakovsky Theater (Moscow).

Various shorts by Veniamin have appeared in numerous international festivals including FIDMarseille (France), Dvizhenie (Russia), Naoussa International Film Festival (Greece), Kraljevski Filmski Festival (Serbia), Lussas Ecole Documentaire (France), Kinoshok (Russia), Bastau (Kazakhstan) among others.

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Director Statement

«Era» is a mother-and-son Odyssey, of sorts.

First and foremost, I’m interested in my heroes’ true and genuine feelings: a mother’s desperate love for one man and then for another, is tantamount to treason for her son. But this is treason without a trace of spite or aggression; his mother genuinely cannot see what she is doing, instead she is trying with all of her might to create a family, even if it is only the appearance of one.

By taking cues from the aesthetics and cinematic atmosphere of Italian neorealism, I want to give a voice to that demographic of people who, by circumstance, have been left to fend for themselves. It’s important to me to create a completely realistic daily life for my heroes, who find themselves in difficult financial and moral straits.