The Dorm

Panorama

  • Archive - Festival 37
  • Director: Roman Vasyanov
  • Russia 2021
  • 96 minutes
  • Russian
  • Subtitles in English, Hebrew

1984, in the middle of nowhere in the USSR, a group of friends try to live their lives and maintain dignity despite the corrupt system and tyrannical officials running their student dorm. They share their griefs and joys, all for one and one for all, until a tragedy - a female student commits suicide – sends shockwaves throughout the dorm. This event sets of a chain reaction that will put their love, friendship and beliefs to the ultimate test.

The Dorm, the directorial debut of acclaimed Russian cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, is an adaptation of Alexei Ivanov’s novel Dorm to Blood.

Feature Debut

 

 

 

 

 


  • Director Roman Vasyanov
  • Script Roman Vasyanov, Ekaterina Bogomolova, Pavel Selukov, Daria Selukova
  • Editing Sergey Ivanov
  • Cinematography Alexander Alexandrov
  • Actors Gennady Vyrypaev, Nikita Efremov, Marina Vasilyeva, Ilya Malanin
  • Festivals Shanghai
  • Source New Europe Film Sales, Warsaw