I Won't Come Back
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{{Infobox film
| name = I Won't Come Back
| image = I Won't Come Back poster.jpg
| director = Ilmar Raag
| producer = Natalia Drozd
Sergey Selyanov
| writer = Yaroslava Pulinovich
| starring = Polina Pushkaruk
Vika Lobacheva
Andrey Astrakhantsev
| cinematography = Tuomo Hutri
| music = Panu Aaltio
| country = Russia
Kazakhstan
| language = Russian
| runtime = 109 minutes
| released = {{Film date|2014|6|12|df=yes}}
}}
I Won't Come Back (Russian: Ya ne vernus) is a 2014 drama film directed by Estonian director Ilmar Raag.
Plot
Anya is a graduate student who is implicated in a drugs bust after a visit from an old friend and runs from the police sent to arrest her. Due to her youthful looks, she poses as a homeless teenager and allows herself to be taken to an orphanage. Here, she meets Kristina, a 12-year old street-smart but troubled girl. When Anya runs away from the orphanage, Kristina follows her and talks her into traveling to her grandmother's village in Kazakhstan. Along the way, Anya gradually assumes responsibility for the younger girl.{{cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/53208af1c07f5df7d2000773-i-won-t-come-back|title=I Won't Come Back – Tribeca Film Festival|website=Tribeca|accessdate=1 November 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055400/https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/53208af1c07f5df7d2000773-i-won-t-come-back| archive-date=7 November 2017}}
Cast
- Polina Pushkaruk - Anya
- Vika Lobacheva - Kristina
- Andrey Astrakhantsev - Andrey Lucius
- Sergej Jacenjuk
- Galina Mochalova
Production
I Won't Come Back (Ya ne vernus in Russian) was co-directed by Estonian director Ilmar Raag. Some sources cite Dmitry Sheleg as co-director.{{cite web|url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/i-wont-come-back-vod|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010806/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/i-wont-come-back-vod|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2017|title=I WON'T COME BACK – British Board of Film Classification|website=bbfc.co.uk|accessdate=1 November 2017}}
Accolades
The film received a special jury mention in the Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca Festival in New York City, and won the Mirror Award at the Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival.{{cite web|title=I Won't Come Back – CTB Film Company |url=http://ctb.ru/en/films/i-wont-come-back/ |accessdate=1 November 2017 |publisher=}}
It also won the Urania Award for Best Feature at the 2014 Let's CEE Film Festival in Vienna, Austria.{{cite web|title=Let's Cee Gewinner 2014|url=http://www.cineplexx.at/news/artikel/lets-cee-gewinner-2014/|website=Cineplexx|language=German| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017210842/http://www.cineplexx.at/news/artikel/lets-cee-gewinner-2014/| archive-date= 17 Oct 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|2637844}}
Category:2010s drama road movies
Category:2010s coming-of-age drama films
Category:Russian drama road movies
Category:Russian coming-of-age drama films
Category:2010s Russian-language films
Category:Russian-language drama films
Category:Films scored by Panu Aaltio
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