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Film Details - Warp Films Australia , 2015
Producers:
Joshua Astrachan, Frederick W. Green, and David Kaplan (executive producers).
Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw (producers).
Production Companies:
Warp Films Australia Pty Ltd.
Director of Photography:
Germain McMicking.
Editors:
Jack Hutchings.
Production Designers:
Steven Jones-Evans and Sarah Cyngler.
Cast:
Including Vincent Cassel (Gregori), Florence Mezzara (Susanna), Jeremy Chabriel (Alexander), Katalin Hegedus (Magdalena), Daniel Vernikovski (Andre), Samuel Eydlish (Ruben), Csenge Birloni (Ruth), Sapidah Kian (Maria), Zsofia Stavropoulos (Bella), Viviana Martinez (Sophia), Alexander Dahlberg (Nicholas), Anna Eydlish (Irene), Natalia Gorbacheva (Sylvia), Sosina Wogayehu (Penelope), Kidus Melaku (Robert), Adrian Wilson (Oliver), Anastasia Prystay (Ariana), Wietse Cocu (Felix), Alexander Kuzmenko (Elis), Oscar Dahlberg (Oscar), Rosa Voto (Rosa), Alex Balaganskiy (Leo), Tahlia Mercuri (Claudia), Raphael Tokarev (David), and Bemisgana Kifle (Anna).
Release Dates:
To premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, 2015.
Location:
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Morning Star Estate, Mount Eliza, Victoria (interior scenes).
Tbilisi, Chiatura, and Tsqaltubo, Georgia, Former USSR (exterior scenes).
Awards:
- AACTA Award, Best Sound (nominated), 2016.
- AACTA Award, Best Original Music Score (nominated), 2016.
- AACTA Award, Best Production Design (nominated), 2016.
- AACTA Award, Best Costume Design (nominated), 2016.
- London Film Festival, Sutherland Award (First Feature Competition) (nominated), 2015.
- Sundance Film Festival, Cinematography Award (World Cinema - Dramatic) (won), 2015.
