Secret Attraction

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Secret Attraction
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Directed byStasya Venkova (ru)
Written byStasya Venkova
Anna Ovcharova
Produced by
Fyodor Popov
  • Vladimir Malyshev
  • Anatoly Terentyev
Starring
Maria Yanycheva
  • Mindaugas Papinigis
  • Roza Khayrullina
CinematographyMaria Androsova
Edited byMaria Sidelnikova
Music by Yuri Poteyenko
Production
company
VGIK Debut
Distributed byCinema Art Pro
Release date
  • 2023 (2023)
Running time
96 min.
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Box office$19 197

Secret Attraction ( ‹See Tfd› Russian : Тайное влечение, romanized: Taynoe vlechenie; working title Veta) is a Russian drama film directed and written by Stasya Venkova. Its debut took place as part of the competition program of the 45th Moscow International Film Festival Russian Premieres on April 23, 2023. [1] [2]

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The film is dedicated in memory of Sergey Solovyov. [3]

Plot

Aspiring actress in her early 20s, Veta (Maria Yanycheva), is full of ambitious aspirations for career success. Unexpectedly, she meets a young director Roman, who has arrived on an exchange from Poland. Her life and hopes for the future in the profession are rapidly changing, and the girl herself does not understand at all whether these changes are for the better or not.

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