Platonov

Based on the play "Platonov" by A. P. Chekhov. 1900s. Disillusioned provincial schoolmaster Platonov tried to turn back the past - he started an affair with his first love Sonya. Now they are both married to other people. Does their relationship have any future? Platonov doesn't think so, but Sonya does.

  • Polina Podobed
    Director
    Wanting to go home (documentary film co-directed with Elizaveta Kutyavina)
  • Anton Chekhov
    Writer
  • Polina Podobed
    Writer
  • Elizaveta Verkhozina
    Writer
  • Polina Podobed
    Producer
  • Olga Crusianova
    Producer
  • Aleksandr Bobrov
    Key Cast
    "Platonov Michail Vasilyevich"
  • Ekaterina Ilyina
    Key Cast
    "Sofya Egorovna Voynitsteva"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Платонов
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    4,200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Polina Podobed
  • XXI INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL «PITERKIT»
    Saint Petersburg
    Russian Federation
    October 15, 2021
    World premiere
    Official Selection
  • RUSSIAN FILM FESTIVAL
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    September 20, 2022
    City premiere
    Official Selection
  • 28th International Film Festival «Literature and Cinema»
    Gatchina
    Russian Federation
    September 19, 2022
    -
    Special program of SPUFT student films
  • Youth Short Film Festival «Funduk»
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    October 29, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Debut Film festival «First to go!»
    Saint Petersburg
    Russian Federation
    November 16, 2022
    Best Female Perfomance
Distribution Information
  • St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Polina Podobed

I was born in Saint Petersburg (Russia) in 1991. I'm a student of the St Petersburg State Institute for Film and Television (SPUFT), workshop of Ilya Kazankov & Nikolay Kotyash). My first documentary film "Wanting to go home" (2018) codirected with Elizaveta Kutyavina was successfully participating Russian film festivals (especially youth festivals because of problems of teenagers and young people it was talking about) . For the first fiction film I chose classical drama adaptation because of my real passion for classical literature and costume drama. I'm interested in international film history and am happy to write the reviews and articles from time to time just for myself or in course of study. But my last work about Francis Veber - his films and his life story - was published in the scientific journal “Annals of the Zubov Institute” what was great experience and pleasure for me.

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Director Statement

Feelings - personal and sincere - are the most rare and unique things in story telling. I'm interested in simple human stories. I want to make movies which personally I'll be happy to watch as moviegoer.