One Hundred Years Ahead

Did You Know?

• The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release on December 28, 2023, before being postponed to April 18, 2024.
• The first teaser trailer was released on April 18, 2023.

Plot

Earth's entry into the Space Federation triggers a war with a pirate alliance commanded by Glot. The pirates wield Cosmion, a substance enabling time travel. Kira Selezneva, Alice's mother, defeats Glot but flees a century into the past to conceal the Cosmion, becoming a teacher. In 2024, students Kolya Gerasimov and Fima Korolev find the hidden Cosmion in Kira's classroom. Kolya's accidental activation sends him to 2124, where he meets Alice. They learn the truth about the Cosmion and Kira's fate. Meanwhile, the pirate Jolly Man U frees Glot from prison. Glot tricks Kolya into trying to kill a professor, but the plan backfires, hurling Kolya, Alice, and others back to 2024. There, they fight Jolly Man U and attempt to use the Cosmion to escape pirates who have turned Earth into a fortress. In the final confrontation, Glot's past and future selves collide, creating a paradox that destroys him. Kolya revives Alice, insisting their friends can still defeat the pirates. After changing the timeline, Kolya leaves a warning letter for the professor to prevent his death, reuniting Alice's family. The story ends with Kolya and his friends planting a tree as a hopeful gesture, and Alice later receives a message from Kolya in the future.

Production

The book first appeared in 1978. A slide-show film version came out four years later. The best-known adaptation remains Pavel Arsenov’s five-part TV movie Guest from the Future, starring Natalya Guseva. For the film Invasion, producer Mikhail Vrubel announced his plans in early January 2020. Egor Baranov was first chosen to direct, but Alexander Andryushchenko eventually took over. Cinematographer Mikhail Milashin worked with producers Vrubel, Fyodor Bondarchuk, and Vadim Vereshchagin. Principal photography started on November 2, 2022, in Moscow and Moscow Oblast. The first teaser appeared in late December 2022.

Awards and nominations

The film's trailer won Best Foreign Action Trailer at the 24th Golden Trailer Awards and was nominated for Best Foreign Music Trailer, losing to Major Grom: The Game. At the Russian Nika Award ceremony, it received four nominations: Best Supporting Actor (Yura Borisov, Alexander Petrov), Best Production Designer (Vladislav Ogay), and Best Costume Designer (Aleksandra Aronova, Tatyana Dolmatovskaya). Cinematographer Mikhail Milashin was nominated for the White Square award in Best Cinematography in a Feature Film. Casting director Irina Lavrentieva won the Puzzle Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture.