A Rough Draft () is a 2018 Russian science fiction film directed by Sergey Mokritskiy, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Sergei LukyanenkoВТБ стал владельцем «русского Голливуда» and starring Nikita Volkov, Yulia Peresild and Yevgeny Tsyganov.«Черновик» (2018) Сергея Мокрицкого It was released in Russia on May 25, 2018.
Plot A young resident of Moscow, Kirill is a talented designer of computer games. One day, he is completely erased from the memory of everyone he knew and loved. Kirill learns that he is chosen for an important and mysterious mission. His purpose is to become a customs officer between parallel worlds, of which there are dozens in the universe.
Kirill learns to open the portals to a variety of parallel worlds which represent alternative versions of Moscow: a steampunk Imperial Russia, a post-apocalyptic tropic resort world, a dystopian Gulag world, and a highly advanced utopian world. Over time, Kirill learns that the Earth is a rough draft, a setting for social experiments secretly staged by the government of the utopian world, in order to avoid our mistakes. Learning this, Kirill rebels against his supervisors.
Consequently, Rena survives and the movie ends, hinting towards a sequel...
Cast Nikita Volkov as Kirill Maksimov«Черновик» — Список актёров — ActorList Evgeniy Tkachuk as Kotya Chagin Olga Borovskaya as Anna Yulia Peresild as Rose White Severija Janušauskaitė as Renata Ivanova Yevgeny Tsyganov as Anton Elena Yakovleva as Kirill's mother Andrey Rudensky as Kirill's father Andrey Merzlikin as Felix Irina Khakamada as Irina, politician Sergei Lukyanenko as the train passenger
Critical reception Although the film was one of the most anticipated Russian releases of 2018, it received generally negative reviews from professional critics, receiving 32% on KinoPoisk. The majority of criticism was focused on CGI, acting and an incomprehensible storyline. Critics also panned the film for its changes from the novel.Рецензия на «Черновик» — бездарную адаптацию книги ЛукьяненкоЧерновик: Нужна правкаЧерновой вариант: почему не удалась экранизация романа Сергея ЛукьяненкоРецензии на фильм «Черновик» (2018)Черновик (2018) — отзывы о фильме зрителей и критиков Observer of Kommersant Mikhail Trofimenkov in his review notes that by multiplying the fantasy worlds above the necessary number, the authors doomed the film to madness of entropy. Equally helpless, in the opinion of the author, is the actor's work.Переписанное начерно Critic Alexey Lytovchenko (Rossiyskaya Gazeta) wrote that in some places it is impossible to differentiate the characters and understand their motives.Borschevik fields forever
А Rough Draft underperformed in the box office.
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