Gloss (film)

Gloss (Russian: Глянец, romanized: Glyanets) is a 2007 Russian satirical melodrama directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The picture opened the 2007 Kinotavr film festival, and was part of the competition program.^[2]

Gloss
Directed by	Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by	Andrei Konchalovsky Dunya Smirnova
Starring	Julia Vysotskaya Juris Lauciņš Efim Shifrin
Cinematography	Maria Solovyova
Music by	Eduard Artemyev
Production company	Andrei Konchalovsky Production Center
Release date	August 23, 2007 (2007-08-23)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	$3 million[1]
Box office	$4 610 378[1]

Plot

Galya, a young worker in a provincial factory, dreams of becoming a successful model. One day she leaves her alcoholic parents together with her violent boyfriend and goes to Moscow. She ends up getting hired by a great couturier as a seamstress. During one of their shows, she walks the runway as a model, which causes her to be fired on the spot. Then, seemingly by chance, she becomes the assistant of the owner of a highly exclusive matchmaking agency, which arranges marriages for rich men with the most beautiful models in Moscow. Galya, who only thinks of a career, advances in this world of luxury and money and will do everything to achieve her goals.

Cast

• Julia Vysotskaya — Galya Sokolova
• Juris Lauciņš — Fedor, father of Galya
• Efim Shifrin — Mark Schiffer, fashion designer
• Aleksei Serebryakov — Stasis
• Gennady Smirnov — Petya, the owner of the model agency
• Irina Rozanova — Marina Yurievna, editor of the glossy magazine
• Aleksandr Domogarov — Misha Klimenko
• Olga Arntgolts — Nastya
• Tatyana Arntgolts — Oksana
• Olga Miloyanina — Jeanne
• Alexei Grishin — director
• Artemy Troitsky — thief in the law
• Alexey Kolgan — Volodya
• Fyodor Bondarchuk
• Gosha Kutsenko
• Alexander Ilyin — Mikula
• Sergei Makovetsky
• Andrey Noskov — Gleb
• Yola Sanko — Galya's mother
• Nikolai Fomenko
• Elena Drobysheva
• Yana Poplavskaya
• Ilya Isaev — Viteok
• Elena Perova
• Oleg Komarov
• Vladimir Shiryaev
• Elmira Tuyusheva — Ingeborge
• Yuliya Snigir — model
• Galina Stakhanova — old weaver

Production

The film was shot in Montenegro, Moscow and Rostov.^[3]