Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass
Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass – Part 2 (Russian: Пиковая дама: Зазеркалье) is a 2019 Russian supernatural horror film directed by Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. and is essentially a sequel to the 2015 horror film Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite – Part 1.[2] But this time, the plot will unfold in a boarding school, where a terrible otherworldly force begins the hunt for children, starring Angelina Strechina, Daniil Muravyev-Izotov, Claudia Boczar, Valeriy Pankov and Vladislav Konoplyov.[3][4][5]
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Directed by | Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. |
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Music by | Sergei Stern |
Cinematography | Aleksey Strelov |
Edited by | Vladimir Markov |
Production company | RB Productions FMP Group |
Distributed by | WDSSPR |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
Budget | 78 million RUB |
Box office | 86 million RUB ($1,897,783)[1] |
The film was released on March 14, 2019 in Russia by Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR).
Plot
The film tells the story of students of an exclusive boarding school that recently opened in what had been an abandoned mansion. Visiting forbidden rooms, they learn that Countess Obolenskaya, the former owner of the mansion, had taken in and then killed 19 orphans, whose souls still inhabit the house. Summoned as a game, the Queen of Spades now seeks to claim the living children as well.[6]
Cast
- Angelina Strechina as Olya
- Daniil Muravyev-Izotov as Artyom, a boy
- Claudia Boczar as Countess Obolenskaya / Queen of Spades
- Valeriy Pankov as Igor Sergeevich
- Vladislav Konoplyov as Kirill
- Vladimir Kanuhin as Zhenya
- Anastasia Talyzina as Alisa
- Alyona Shvidenkova as Sonya
- Darya Belousova as Valentina, school director
- Vladimir Koshevoy as Gleb, Kirill's father
- Dmitriy Kulichkov as investigator
- Tatyana Kuznetsova as Zhenya's grandmother
- Violetta Davydovskaya as Tatiana, Olya and Artyom's Mother
- Igor Yashanin as Gosha in childhood
- Yan Alabushev as Misha in childhood[7]
Production
Filming
Principal photography began on May 2018, the film set in the urban-type settlement of Nakhabino, Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast.
Release
Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass is scheduled to be released on March 14, 2019 in Russia by Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR), and was released in the United States on August 13, 2019.
Reception
The budget of the film amounted to 78 355 154 rubles, of which 50 million were allocated by the Cinema Foundation of Russia (35 million on an irrevocable basis and 15 million on a refundable basis). At the box office, the film failed, collecting a little more than its budget - 86 345 224 rubles. After the online edition of Mash reported that the Cinema Foundation allegedly demanded the return of the free subsidy, the RBK Group television channel contacted the press service of the fund for clarification.
See also
References
- "Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite at IMDb
- Entyakova, Anna (November 16, 2017). "Продюсеры довольны режиссурой Александра Домогарова-младшего в сиквеле «Пиковой дамы»" [The producers are pleased with the direction of Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. in the sequel to Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite (2015 film)]. Vokrug TV (in Russian).
- "Кинолук: 8 ожидаемых сиквелов, которые снимают прямо сейчас" [Kinoluk: 8 expected sequels that are filming right now]. Weburg Net (in Russian). May 10, 2018.
- Basov, Vasiliy (April 3, 2019). "Режиссер Александр Домогаров-младший снял мини-хоррор по Стивену Кингу (фильм прилагается)" [Director Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. took a mini-horror of Stephen King (film included)]. MaximOnline.ru (in Russian).
- Berezhnaya, Yelizaveta (October 25, 2018). "Бойся своих желаний: Трейлер фильма ужасов «Пиковая дама. Зазеркалье»" [Fear your desires: Trailer of the horror film Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass]. Kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
- "Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass (2019) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.