Archive of films Welkome Home / Welkome Home
Russia
2014, 116 min
Section:
Official Selection - Competition
Year: 2014
Former Russian model Sasha, Armenian actor and carpet salesman Babken, his cousin Hamlet, who wants to become a woman, and Russian pensioner Mari Vanna have all come to the promised land to find happiness and live the American dream. The ups and downs of their lives in modern-day New York are observed by Russian director Angelina Nikonova (Twilight Portrait) in an ironic comedy filled with intelligent humour and wonderful characters.
Synopsis
Former Russian model Sasha can’t wait to get married; Armenian carpet salesman Babken dreams of becoming a famous American actor; his cousin Hamlet wants to be a woman; and Russian pensioner Mari Vanna covets a house with a swimming pool. All four have come to the promised land to find happiness and live the American dream. The ups and downs of everyday life in New York are experienced by various characters in this ironic comedy by Angelina Nikonova, who herself spent eight years in the Big Apple. After her bleak, internationally-acclaimed drama Twilight Portrait, the director opted for a change of genre and came up with a truly delightful piece, filled with intelligent humour and extremely well-written characters. Betraying appropriate insight, she takes a look at both the immigrant community and American society as a whole.
About the director
Angelina Nikonova (b. 1976, Rostov-on-Don, USSR) moved to New York at age 17 where she graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2001 with her short film Isosceles. She followed this with the short drama My Mute (2002) and the feature-length documentary Flyover Country (2005), which she wrote, directed and coproduced. In 2011 she debuted in feature film with the drama Twilight Portrait (Portret v sumerkakh, 2011), which she wrote and coproduced with Olga Dihovichnaya, who was cast in the main role. The film had its international premiere at Venice in the Venice Days section and subsequently did the festival circuit (Toronto, Rotterdam, Thessaloniki), acquiring various awards along the way. Welkome Home is her second feature. Nikonova currently resides in Russia.
Contacts
Baraban Films
Dorogomilovskaya St, 11/154, 121151, Moscow
Russia
Tel: +7 903 792 9340
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
International premiere
Section: | Official Selection - Competition |
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Director: | Angelina Nikonova |
Screenplay: | Angelina Nikonova, Olga Dihovichnaya, Karren Karagulian |
Dir. of Photography: | Jonathan Miller |
Music: | Oleg Sadko |
Editor: | Yelena Afanasieva |
Producer: | Alexey Sonk, Marianne Slot, Carol Polyakoff |
Production: | Baraban Films |
Cast: | Olga Dihovichnaya, Karren Karagulian, Edward Baker-Duly |
Contact: | Baraban Films |
Guests
Angelina Nikonova
Film Director
Olga Dykhovichnaya
Actress
Hanna Melikova
Film Crew
Dmitrij Dihovichnij
Actor
Ivan Shvedoff
Other, Tutor / Trainer
Daniela Albin
Producer
Anna Pipoyan
Actress
Oksana Lopyreva-Beliaeva
Other