«ADVOCATE IS NOT NEEDED» (2019 г.)

Vasiliy Chertkov is accused of murder and is questioned by high-class advocate from a big company who is sent to verify qualification.
The lawyer convinces Chertkov that there will be no 'case' at all if he goes to one very profitable deal.
What price should Chertkov pay to clear all the charges? And what secret is hidden behind the lawyer’s expensive suit?
Running time: 25 minutes
Genre: detective, mystic, thriller
Rating: 16+
Country: Russia
Release date: 31 dec 2019
Budget: $3500
STANISLAV IVANOV

VLADIMIR BUTENKO
ELENA KRASIKOVA

VASILY CHERTKOV is a man in the prime of his LIFE, A HOPELESS romantic, a former musician. Until now, looking for a creative personality GAZING INTO HIS CRYSTAL BALL! "Forever young, ALWAYS drunk." Lonely, STRANGE to anyone. Sometimes very lazy and quick-tempered. For a stack of vodka, ready for any "feats". But despite all HIS WEAKNESSES, a rather positive and "living" person WEARING HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE.
VICTOR VALAFAR Is a young, presentable advocate from a very prestigious law firm. HE has an attractive appearance and the ability to WIN THE TRUST OF others. Such people are said to be "Devilish".
He is a determined and pushy, in every sense of the word, person.
HE will never miss the opportunity to benefit from the situation for HIS company and for HIMself.
But what secret is kept behind all this beautiful shell and expensive suit?
ZINAIDA BARANOVA Vasily's neighbor in the apartment. Forever "with a claim" against the people who she doesn’t like and who probably she likes as well. Since the first meeting she has been down on Vasily, although she is forced to constantly ask him to do "man’s job" around the house for a small fee. Which she often regrets.
In every possible way, she has tried to "change" her careless neighbor, thereby provoking him to rash actions, in the hope that sooner or later he will be “put" behind bars.
She loves only her cat.












Directed and prodused by Artem Minakov
Prodused by Anastasia Borisova
Screenplay by Julia Terentieva, Artem Minakov
Cinematography Arthur Mikheev jr., Dato Tsurtsumia, Irina Kruglova, Artem Minakov
2-nd director Felix Ioannidi
Edited by Artem Minakov
Music by Dmitry Phillipov, Petr Pridantsev
Sound engineer: Nikolay Nechaev
Sound design and mastering by Mikhail Anisimov
Color correction by Dmitry Kuznetsov
Artists
Anna Aster, Vlada Savchenko, Maria Ivanova, Mikhail Semenov
VFX & Clean-Up: Vadim Kasse, Alexander Demchenko, MikhailSemenov
Make up by Julia Petrova, Daria Solovieva
Units Maria Schepetkina, Arseny Galkin, Mikhail Pozankov
Technical support
Alexander Turbin, Nikolay Evdokimov, Valery Izotov, Vitaly Ignatov

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Cast
Vladimir Butenko - Valafar Victor\Advocate
Stanislav Ivanov - Chertkov Vasily
Elena Krasikova - Zinaida Baranova
Artem "Cut The Crap" Kharchenko - news anchor
Ksenia Alexeeva - girl
Andrey Naumov - fisherman
Smoke - cat


