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Gloss (film)

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Gloss
Directed byAndrei Konchalovsky
Written byAndrei Konchalovsky
Dunya Smirnova
Starring
CinematographyMaria Solovyova
Music byEduard Artemyev
Production
company
Andrei Konchalovsky Production Center
Release date
  • August 23, 2007 (2007-08-23)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$3 million[1]
Box office$4 610 378[1]

Gloss (Russian: Глянец, romanizedGlyanets) is a 2007 Russian satirical melodrama directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The picture opened the 2007 Kinotavr film festival, and was part of the competition program.[2]

Plot

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Galya, a young worker in a provincial factory, dreams of becoming a successful model. One day she leaves her alcoholic parents together with her violent boyfriend and goes to Moscow. She ends up getting hired by a great couturier as a seamstress. During one of their shows, she walks the runway as a model, which causes her to be fired on the spot. Then, seemingly by chance, she becomes the assistant of the owner of a highly exclusive matchmaking agency, which arranges marriages for rich men with the most beautiful models in Moscow. Galya, who only thinks of a career, advances in this world of luxury and money and will do everything to achieve her goals.

Cast

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Production

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The film was shot in Montenegro, Moscow and Rostov.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Глянец". KinoBusiness.
  2. ^ "22 Kinotavr - Open Russian Film Festival". Kinotavr. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  3. ^ "ГЛЯНЕЦ. Х/Ф". Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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