A middle-aged zoo worker Natasha (actress Natalia Pavlenkova) still lives with her mother in a small coastal town. She is stuck and it seems that life has no surprises for her until one day… she grows a tail and turns her life around. Playful and even magical, Zoology is a mischievous tale about a tail and the consequences of being different.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 27 min.
- Country, year
- Russia, 2016
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy, Mystical
- Language
- Russian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Ivan I. Tverdovsky
- Producers
- Guillaume de Seille
- Cast
- Masha Tokareva, Natalya Pavlenkova, Dmitriy Groshev, Aleksandr Gorchilin, Yuriy Vnukov
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- Sochi Open Russian Film Festival
Director
Ivan I. Tverdovsky
Ivan I. Tverdovsky graduated from the Russian Institute for cinematography in 2011. His early documentary works won him multiple awards in Russia and at international film festivals worldwide. His fiction debut Corrections Class (2014) won over 35 prizes worldwide, including East of the West Award (Crystal Globe) at the 49. Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Zoology is Ivan’s second feature project.
