Off the Rails
Directed byAnton Maslov
Written by
  • Svetlana Shteba
  • Mariya Maslova
  • Friderike Brin
  • Nzhde Ayrapetyan
  • Tatyana Goncharova
Story byAnna Smolina
Based onWhy Stay at Home?
by Anna Smolina
Produced by
  • Eduard Iloyan (ru)
  • Vitaly Shlyappo (ru)
  • Denis Zhalinsky
  • Aleksey Trotsyuk (ru)
  • Mikhail Tkachenko
  • Anton Maslov
  • Ilya Malanin
  • Sergey Bobza
  • Natalya Kurenkova
  • Mariya Maslova
  • Ivan Kanaev
Starring
CinematographySergey Komarov Jr.
Edited byEkaterina Pivneva
Music by
  • Stanislav Becker
  • Aleksandr Bessonov
Production
companies
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release date
  • March 8, 2023 (2023-03-08) (Russia)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget
  • 193 million
  • $2.343.020
Box office
  • 524.4 million[1]
  • $6.2 million

Off the Rails, also known as Riding Wild (Russian: Поехавшая, romanized: Poyekhavshaya, lit.'Traveling by bike') is a 2023 Russian road movie directed by Anton Maslov, author of the book Why Stay at Home? by cyclist Anna Smolina: in 2017, the girl, along with her dachshund, went on a bicycle trip across the country, played by Olga Lerman, together with Viktor Khorinyak, Dmitry Chebotaryov, Elena Yakovleva and Askar Ilyasov starred here.[2]

This film was theatrically released on March 8, 2023. The Central Partnership company acts as a distributor on the territory of the Russian Federation.[3]

Plot

The film tells about the unlucky woman, Anna Smolina, an ordinary girl who made an unusual decision. Wanting to change something in her routine life, she goes on a grandiose train on a bicycle trip through the vast expanses of Russia.

Anna is accompanied by her beloved dog, a dachshund named Kapa. The girl's path lies in the town of Magadan: she wants to make peace with her mother, with whom she stopped communicating thirteen years ago. The long road will give the girl a lot of new acquaintances and impressions, friends and trials. At the end of the journey, the heroine will gain self-confidence and great love.[4]

Cast

  • Olga Lerman as Anna "Anya" Smolina, world and Russian champion in long-distance cycling
  • dachshund Taisiya as Kapa
  • Viktor Khorinyak as Valery "Valera", meeting with whom will bring new positive emotions to Anya's life
  • Dmitry Chebotaryov as Roman "Roma", Anya's ex-wife
  • Elena Yakovleva as Anna Smolina's mother
  • Askar Ilyasov as Alisher Abdalov, delivery man
  • Alina Alekseyeva as Marina Komarova, Anya's friend
  • Anastasiya Svetlova as Evgenia "Zhenya", a female trucker
  • Olesya Zheleznyak as Katerina
  • Masha Lobanova as Yana
  • Yuliya Topolnitskaya as Kazakova, Anya's classmate
  • Anton Maslov as senior flight attendant
  • Sophia Zayka as Dasha

Production

Filming locations

Location filming took place in Moscow, the region of Moscow Oblast, Vladimir Oblast and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, the Republic of Bashkortostan (Bashkiria), Altai Republic and Lake Baikal - more than 170 locations were specially chosen for this. The team managed to work in completely different weather conditions - from +35 °C at the start of filming to temperatures closer to 0 °C by the end.[5]

Release

Theatrical

The world premiere was held on March 2, at the capital's cinema "Karo 11 October" on New Arbat Avenue in Moscow.[6] It is scheduled to be theatrically released in Russia should take place in the country's cinemas from the festive International Women's Day on March 8, 2023 by Central Partnership.

Reception

Box office

The comedy topped the box office in the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States in the first week of the show, collecting 135.6 million rubles for the first weekend.[7]

References

  1. Box Office, Russian Cinema Fund`s Analytics (RCFA). Accessed August 2, 2023.
  2. "Велопробег от реальности" [Bike ride away from reality]. The Businessman (in Russian). March 9, 2023.
  3. "Поехавшая / Riding Wild, 2023". www.afisha.ru (in Russian).
  4. "Поехавшая / Riding Wild, 2023". www.kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
  5. "Владимирская область стала одной из съемочных площадок нового фильма "Поехавшая"" [The Vladimir Oblast has become one of the filming locations for the new film Riding Wild]. Smotrim.ru (in Russian).
  6. "В Москве представили фильм "Поехавшая"" [In Moscow presented the film Riding Wild]. Vesti.ru (in Russian). March 3, 2023.
  7. "Фильм «Поехавшая» возглавил кинопрокат в России и СНГ на выходных" [The film Riding Wild topped the box office in Russia and the CIS at the weekend]. RBK Group (in Russian). March 13, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
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