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Locust

2014 · 118 min

A seductive and unsettling descent into obsession, where glamorous surfaces hide dangerous passions and moral decay.

Directed by: Egor Baranov
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Pyotr Fyodorov, Paulina Andreeva, Dmitriy Shevchenko

Tagline: Never Tear Us Apart
Overview: The innocent summer affair began as a love story between two young people. Lera and Artem could not break it off, as well as they didn`t have enough of faith, patience and desire to overcome all the obstacles on their life path. The Locust Generation wants to have all at once. The Locust generation will sweep everything on its way. The affair began as a naive young love and passion will turn into a series of bloody assassinations.

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Directed by: Egor Baranov
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring: Pyotr Fyodorov, Paulina Andreeva, Dmitriy Shevchenko

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
betrayal
class
love
crime
Places: big city
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: crime, drama, thriller
Directed by: Egor Baranov
Starring: Pyotr Fyodorov, Paulina Andreeva, Dmitriy Shevchenko, Ekaterina Volkova, Evgeniya Dmitrieva, Evgeniy Stychkin, Oleksiy Horbunov, Aleksandr Golubkov
Music: Ryan Otter, Oleg Chubykin
Cinematography: Yury Korobeynikov
Runtime: 118 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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