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Keywords

  • Creatives: Debut Films
  • Gender
  • Screen: Russia
  • Sooner Europe Exclusives: Stories that Matter
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • toxic relationship
  • Mental Health
  • small town
  • women

Actors

  • Evgeniya Mandzhieva
  • Sergey Adianov
  • Lyubov Ubushieva
  • Evgeny Sangadzhiev

Director

  • Ella Manzheeva

Drama


1h 27min


16+

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Russia
2015
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Elza lives in a small town on the Caspian Sea. While her husband catches fish illegally, she dreams of breaking out of her small world.

Elza lives in a small town on the Caspian Sea. While her husband catches fish illegally, she dreams of breaking out of her small world.


The mild-mannered Elza, played by fashion model Evgeniya Mandzhieva in her debut role, lives a modest life as a housewife and part-time piano teacher. Her husband is a boorish and uncommunicative man who is involved in some shady business deals.


THE GULLS is a rarity in itself, being the first film in 25 years to have been shot in the remote Russian republic of Kalmykia - a region where smartphones and SUVs exist alongside fortune tellers and magical superstitions.


"THE GULLS is a film that is easy to sink into and hints at a promising future for its director." (Filmdoo)

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