Quarantine (2021 film)

Quarantine (Russian: КАРАнтин, romanized: KARAntin) is a Russian-Finnish dystopian drama film written and directed by Diana Ringo. The film premiered on 14 September 2021 at the Amur Autumn film festival in Blagoveschensk, Russia.[1][2] Moscow premiere was held on 4th of October at KARO Oktyabr.[3][4][5] It was released on digital streaming by Prime Video on November 2 2021.[6] The film is an official non-English language Golden Globes 2022 entry (Russia, Finland).[7][8]

Quarantine
Directed byDiana Ringo
Written byDiana Ringo
Produced byDiana Ringo
StarringAnatoliy Beliy, Aleksandr Obmanov
CinematographyDmitry Strizhevsky
Edited byDiana Ringo
Music byDiana Ringo
Production
company
AElita Productions
Release dates
  • 14 September 2021 (2021-09-14) (Amur Autumn Cinema and Theater Festival)
  • 2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) (Amazon Prime)
Running time
74 minutes
CountriesRussia, Finland
LanguageRussian

Plot

The protagonist of the film, Felix, has not left his house for more than 20 years, since the whole world was placed under quarantine. After the quarantine was announced, a global catastrophe happened. Felix was one of the few who managed to hide underground, in a bunker, and survive. He is completely alone, without any means of communication. His only companions are the ghosts of the people he once knew. Felix is haunted by the idea that he could have stopped the disaster, since he had the opportunity to tell the truth to the world.

Felix recalls conversations with Kirill, his former friend, who said that during a crisis you can only survive if you stay aside and remain silent. Felix's female friend on the other hand was convinced that it is possible to save the world and that Felix must disclose the secret information that he is in possession of.

Cast
  • Anatoliy Beliy as Felix
  • Aleksandr Obmanov as Kirill
  • Diana Ringo as Her
  • Aleksey Sharanin as radio announcer (voice)
Aleksandr Obmanov and Diana Ringo at the film premiere of "Quarantine"

Production

The film was shot in Russia, Finland and Austria. Quarantine is an independent film made without government support. The film is the directorial debut of composer Diana Ringo, who wrote the soundtrack and script for the film. She wrote the screenplay during the Covid-19 lockdown in Vienna, Austria.[9] Merited Artist of the Russian Federation Anatoly Bely starred in the main role of the protagonist Felix in the film.[10]

References
  1. "Объявлены внеконкурсная программа и жюри 19-го фестиваля кино и театра «Амурская осень»" [Out-of-competition program and jury of the 19th Amur Autumn Cinema and Theater Festival announced]. Kino-teatr.ru.
  2. "XIX фестиваль кино и театра «Амурская осень» объявил состав жюри" [XIX festival of cinema and theater "Amur Autumn" has announced the composition of the jury]. Kinobusiness.ru.
  3. "Первый полнометражный фильм Дианы Ринго «КАРАнтин» стал событием". Imenno.
  4. "В столице представили антиутопию «КАРАнтин»". Kinobusiness.
  5. "Dystopian film "Quarantine" by Diana Ringo premiered in Moscow". Yandex Zen.
  6. "Watch KARAntin - Prime Video". Amazon Prime.
  7. "Golden Globes 2022 Non-English Language Film Submissions". Golden Globes.
  8. "Finnish films compete for the 2022 Golden Globe awards". Helsinki Times.
  9. "Quarantine (Russia, Finland) - Golden Globes". Golden Globe Awards.
  10. "Информация о фильме" (PDF).
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