Capturing the kinetic energy of contemporary Moscow, director Johnny O’Reilly cleverly interweaves five compelling character narratives in a provocative statement on Putin’s Russia. MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS is a multi-narrative drama about the hidden bonds that connects us all. The film dives headlong into the volatile intersections of contemporary Moscow and the intimate lives of five people: An entrepreneur whose business empire comes under siege by powerful bureaucrats, a teenage girl mired in the misery of a broken home, a young man forced to chose between his girlfriend and his grandmother; a beautiful singer torn apart by the pursuit of two men and an ailing film star who gets embroiled in a bizarre kidnapping. Over the course of one day, their lives will change forever.
Director | Johnny O’Reilly |
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Writer | Johnny O’Reilly |
Producers | Johnny O’Reilly Katie Holly |
Executive Producers | Len Blavatnik Yevgeny Katsenelson |
Co-Producers | Andrey Zakharov Jacques Der Megredtchian Robert Mantse Danil Grubman Michael Workman Noel Quinn James Corrigan Kieron J. Walsh |
Cast | Aleksey Serebryakov Mikhail Efremov Evgenia Brik Lubov Askenova Elena Safonova Viktor Verzhbitskiy Elena Babenko Yuriy Stoyanov Anastasia Shalonko Oleg Dolin |
Director of Photography | Fyodor Lyass |
Editor | Dermot Diskin Nico Leunen |
Production Designer | Katia Zaletaeva |
Costume Designer | Victoria Bogdanova Aleksandra Feodosieva |
Composer | Roman Litvinov |
Line Producer | Anton Smetankin Paul Myler |
Casting | Yuliya Milovidova Elina Ternyaeva |
Cork International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Viborg Film Festival
Baltic Debuts