The Major

The Major

  • Director: Yuriy Bykov
  • Countries of origin: Russia
  • Language: Russian
  • Release date: August 8, 2013
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Mayor
  • "The Major" is a feature film directed by Yuri Bykov and starring Denis Shvedov and Irina Nizner, which premiered on April 30, 2013 at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival in France   .
    The film tells the story of Russian police officer Sergei Sobolev who accidentally killed a little boy under 7 years old. In order to protect his future and the reputation of the police, the whole world is covering up the crime for him   .

    Details

    • Release date August 8, 2013
    • Production companies Rock Films, Ale Kino+, Ale Kino+

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $58,164

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    • By Alayna 2022-03-06 08:01:37

      Watch "Police Shady"

      This is the only ticket I bought on the day of the film festival, and I was interested in reading the introduction: the deputy chief of the police station accidentally killed a child, the police station covered up the crime for him, and threatened the child's parents to create false evidence... Then things got out of control, and the deputy director had to fight the whole situation in order to atone. The script is very good, the tone is relatively dark, the camera and music are also good, and...

    • By Marcelina 2022-03-06 08:01:37

      Watch "Police Shady"

      This is the only ticket I bought on the day of the film festival, and I was interested in reading the introduction: the deputy chief of the police station accidentally killed a child, the police station covered up the crime for him, and threatened the child's parents to create false evidence... Then things got out of control, and the deputy director had to fight the whole situation in order to atone. The script is very good, the tone is relatively dark, the camera and music are also good, and...

    • By Ismael 2022-03-06 08:01:37

      snow is still falling

      The verdict of justice does evil, the violent machine abuses violence, uses a lie to cover up another lie, and society turns black and white. "The Shady Story of the Police" is heartbreaking to watch, and my chest is blocked. The police department in the film is no different from the gangsters, and in a way, they are even worse than the gangsters. Even if the early movies were about the underworld, they would tell the good underworld to defeat the bad underworld, but against the background...

    • By Laila 2022-03-06 08:01:37

      Violence is just a stroke or two

      "Police Shady"

      I have watched too many violent films, in terms of form, content, I actively watched, I passively watched, and even rose to the height of aesthetics...

      To sum up, the picture that can shake my heart is not how much blood flowed on the ground, how many people died, how many amputations, but a sudden one or two strokes.

      Deputy Sheriff Xie's wife gave birth to a child. He rushed to the hospital and killed a child because of speeding. Under the command of the...

    • By Darian 2022-03-06 08:01:37

      Creates an escalating sense of moral anxiety and a realistic choice dilemma in the protagonist

      Although the Shanghai Film Festival is far from the influence of the three major European film festivals, it still has a good eye for discovering new directors from the former socialist countries in Asia and Eastern Europe, such as sweeping the Golden Goblet Award and Best Director in 2013. The award-winning new Russian director Yuri Bykov is a notable example. So far, the director's four works have focused on various dark sides of contemporary Russian society. Whether it is the shady police...

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    • By Wellington 2023-09-03 01:58:14

      The characters are well behaved, but I feel that the story is not dark enough for the Ukrainian police movie. The movie tells us two things: first, don’t drag your friends into the water when you do something wrong, and second, don’t let children...

    • By Charley 2023-07-24 13:41:49

      Lao Maozi’s filming of police and bandits is even more brutal and naked. In a society where corruption is rampant, the lives of the people at the bottom are as low as ants in the eyes of those in power. There is such a line in the movie, everyone has human nature, but after that line become a...

    • By Jaylen 2023-01-15 16:41:58

      The sky here is gloomy all day long, no sun, and white snow is not a symbol of purity but just cold. How can a boat keep its balance on the sea? We can rot together on both ends of the...

    • By Bernhard 2022-11-22 15:09:37

      It looked shocking, as if looking in a...

    • By Jeanne 2022-11-02 21:51:41

      There are some doubts about the direction of the story, which makes people feel a little twisted, but the overall quality is definitely high. It looks cool...

    Movie plot

    On the day of the incident, police officer Sergei Sobolev ( Denis Shvedov ) drove to the hospital to visit his wife who was about to give birth. Due to the urgency of the mood, he lost his train of thought, stepped on the wrong brake, and knocked down a boy waiting for a car. The boy died on the spot. The boy's mother, Irina Gutorova (Irina Nizner) , witnessed the accident and called the police immediately. In order to exonerate the...
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    Positive review

    "The Major" presents an urgent and interesting life around police corruption. Through this film, the audience saw some complex social phenomena in modern Russia, as well as the great Russian art and the tradition of storytelling (Jury of the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival)
    Technically speaking, "The Major" is relatively crisp and neat, the plot is compact, and the mood of the soundtrack is in place,...
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    Negative comment

    "The Major" has no problem in terms of political irony, but it is a lot worse in the excavation of human nature. The logic and direction of the entire script are extremely far-fetched. It can be seen that the director is trying to throw out his theme of human torture of "to die or to live" as always. Several passages in the film are self-righteous elaborations, which lead to the end result becoming more and more uncontrollable like a...
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