The Factory | Zavod | Haifa International Film Festival

A slice of social criticism so direct that, judging from its countries of origin, it could not be made inside Putin's Russia, The Factory is also a cracking actioner of the first order.

CINEMA SCOPE

Archive - Festival 35
Director: Yury Bykov
Russia, France, Armenia 2018
109 minutes
Russian
Subtitles in Hebrew, English

When local oligarch Kalugine announces the bankruptcy of his factory, a group of workers who have not been paid for months kidnaps him for ransom, locking him up in the factory. Kalugine’s private bodyguards - and the police SWAT team - arrive at once.

Over the course of one bloody, nerve-jangling night, secrets are outed, true intentions are revealed, and men on both sides of the standoff are forced to re-evaluate their places in a ruthless, dog-eat-dog society in this tour-de-force of action, drama, and suspense.

Filmography: The Fool (2014), The Major (2013), To Live! (2010).