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Pyotr495

Country: USA | Russia, Language: English | Russian, 15 mins

  • Director: Blake Mawson
  • Writer: Blake Mawson
  • Producer: Patrick Burgenn; Sasha Fisher

CGiii Comment

When someone can pack as much cruelty, despair, humour and fantasy into this amount of time...you just know that you witnessing a mighty fine talent.

Blake Mawson...we applaud you!


Watch...

PYOTR495 from DRIVE-IN/KEEP OUT Productions on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia's LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret.

Cast & Characters

Alex Ozerov as Pyotr;
Alanna Bale as Josephine;
Juliana Semenova as Dominika;
Max Rositsan as Sergei;
Grisha Pasternak as Ivan;
Justin Strazzanti as Vlad;
Michael Levine as Male News Host