A Rough Draft
A Russian sci-fi film about parallel worlds and erased memory.
A Rough Draft (Russian: Черновик, romanized: Chernovik) is a 2018 Russian science fiction film directed by Sergey Mokritskiy, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Sergei Lukyanenko. The film stars Nikita Volkov, Yulia Peresild, and Yevgeny Tsyganov, and was released in Russia on May 25, 2018. It follows a young Moscow game designer who is erased from memory and recruited as a customs officer between parallel worlds.
- Release year
- 2018
- Country
- Russia
- Director
- Sergey Mokritskiy
- Based on
- 2005 novel by Sergei Lukyanenko
- Lead actor
- Nikita Volkov
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Critical reception
- 32% on KinoPoisk
Quick Facts
- Director
- Sergey Mokritskiy
- Writer
- Sergei Lukyanenko / Maхim Budarin / Sergey Artimovich / Denis Kuryshev / Sergey Mokritskiy / Olga Sobenina / Elena Didevich
- Starring
- Nikita Volkov / Yulia Peresild / Yevgeny Tsyganov
- Music
- Kirill Richter
- Cinematography
- Alexander Tananov
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia
- Producer
- Natalya Mokritskaya / Ulyana Saveleva / Mila Rozanova / Yekaterina Mtsituridze / Irina Lyubarskaya
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures / New People Film Company
- Runtime
- 116 minutes
- Released
- 2018 · 5 · 25 · df=y
- Distributor
- Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing CIS
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Lore & Background
The cast includes Nikita Volkov as Kirill Maksimov, Evgeniy Tkachuk as Kotya Chagin, Olga Borovskaya as Anna, Yulia Peresild as Rose White, Severija Janušauskaitė as Renata Ivanova, Yevgeny Tsyganov as Anton, Elena Yakovleva as Kirill's mother, Andrey Rudensky as Kirill's father, Andrey Merzlikin as Felix, Irina Khakamada as Irina (a politician), and author Sergei Lukyanenko in a cameo as a train passenger. The film ends with the character Rena surviving and hints at a sequel.
Reader's Guide
A Rough Draft was one of the most anticipated Russian releases of 2018 but received generally negative reviews from professional critics, scoring 32% on KinoPoisk. Criticism focused on its CGI, acting, and an incomprehensible storyline, as well as changes from the novel. Kommersant reviewer Mikhail Trofimenkov noted that multiplying fantasy worlds beyond necessity doomed the film to 'madness of entropy,' and found the acting equally helpless. Rossiyskaya Gazeta critic Alexey Lytovchenko wrote that in some places it is impossible to differentiate characters or understand their motives. The film underperformed at the box office. Despite its poor reception, the film remains notable as an adaptation of a popular novel by a major Russian science fiction author, and for its ambitious depiction of multiple parallel worlds.
Did You Know?
- The film is based on Sergei Lukyanenko's 2005 novel of the same name.
- Author Sergei Lukyanenko appears in the film as a train passenger.
- The film received a 32% rating on KinoPoisk.
- The movie ends with a hint towards a sequel.
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