Vladimir Onokhov biography

Suddenly, he bypassed such famous actors as Konstantin Khabensky and Alexander Pal, declared in the same nomination with very vivid original works, and now, according to him, he is undergoing a difficult period of awareness of what happened. And the director of the picture, Philip Yuryev, also awarded the prize of the film festival, plans to come to Chukotka again.

After the prize of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, attention to the film, of course, increased greatly and the expectations increased, respectively, excitively presented it at the Kinotavra, ”Philip Yuryev, who received a reward for the best directing, shared with the KS correspondent. Thus, Yakutia and Chukotka took the key positions of the most important Russian film festival, which, I think, is very iconic for the neighboring regions, because attention is now in one way or another to be riveted to them-new places that are often shown in the cinema.

And it seems to me that the displacement of this focus from Moscow, St. Petersburg and other large cities towards such regions is wonderful. The emotions and our fellow countryman Vladimir Onokhov is full of emotions, whose partner in the film was the famous Russian actress Christina Asmus. He called increased attention to himself a real test. The producer of the project was director Alexei Teacher, most of the roles were played by unprofessional actors selected at the castings in Anadyr and Lavrenty.

The picture tells of the young Chukchi hunter Leshka, who falls in love with the girl-American girl and decides to go into swimming through the Bering Strait to meet her. But the guy never got to Detroit, but returned home. Nevertheless, according to Vladimir, who last year became a student of the Chukchi polar college of the village of Egvezinot and is now studying the profession of a lumber-treadrope, after Kitoboy his life has become different.

Most importantly, I began to relate to life more responsible, character changed for the better, discipline appeared, for example, I began to follow the appearance more carefully, ”our interlocutor shared before the departure in Sochi, which became possible thanks to the support of the District Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. At the same time, according to Vladimir, he still has no plans to connect his life with the cinema, even given his triumphal debut.

We asked the director Philip Yuryev, why he decided to give the film the name “Kitoboy”. The interlocutor explained that this is a game of words. On the one hand, an indication of the protagonist belonging to the sea hunters. On the other hand, in English, the word boy means “boy”, “guy”. Do not forget that the heroine of the picture lives in the USA. But first of all, this suggests that the picture is about adolescence, about dreams, youthful expectations, the search for your place in life.

These are the key topics that the film raises - from first love to the desire to find a place for yourself.

Here are contacts with people, with incredible nature and expanses, and an extraordinary feeling when complex planned scenes are obtained. This is worth a lot! The director believes that these feelings, apparently, were transmitted to the audience, who very warmly met the picture in Venice and in Sochi. I think that they can be the heroes of Chukotka, because it was they who forced to talk about her, doing nothing at the same time, simply remaining themselves.

This is much more valuable than the game of a brilliant artist who masters some new facets of skill, it is no coincidence that Volodya Onokhov, never before the “Kitoboy” who had not been shot in the cinema, was manned to go around both Khabensky and the scorch. Including, therefore, the director of Kitoboy, whose premiere in Russia is scheduled for October 8, has a desire to shoot again on Chukotka.

She attracts me, I see her with a very special region, ”Yuryev shared, adding that he also has another idea: to come to Chukotka just take pictures, chat with people, just live and look around. Meanwhile, Kitoboy is not the first film shot on Chukotka and about Chukotka. You can recall such paintings as “The most beautiful ships”, “Dream at the beginning of the fog”, “Chief of Chukotka”.

Of the modern memoirs, the tape of Alexei Popogrebsky “How I spent this summer”, which shot at the Chaun Chukotka and received the awards of the Berlin Film Festival for the best male role and for an outstanding contribution to art. In the same year, the film was awarded the main prize of the 54th London Film Festival. Another picture, which should be noted in this series especially and not only because it starred near the district capital is the “tragedy in Rogers Bay”, director Philip Abryutin, who was born and raised in Chukotka and is one of the organizers of the International Arctic Film Festival “Golden Raven”, which has been held in Anadyr since the year.