December (Russian: Декабрь, romanized: Dekabr) is an upcoming Russian period detective thriller film written and directed by Klim Shipenko about the last days of the life of the poet Sergei Yesenin, performed by Alexander Petrov, as well as Sergey Gilyov, Kristina Asmus, Andrey Merzlikin, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksandr Samoylenko, and Kirill Nagiyev in their debut cinematic roles.[1]
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| Directed by | Klim Shipenko |
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| Edited by | Tim Pavelko |
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| Distributed by | Central Partnership |
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| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
It is scheduled to be theatrically released in 2023 by Central Partnership.[2][3]
Sergei Yesenin, with the help of Isadora Duncan, plans an escape from the Soviet Union and finds himself on incredible adventures.[4]
Klim Shipenko wrote the screenplay together with his father, the famous playwright Aleksey Shipenko.
The development of the detective will be done by the Yellow, Black and White studio, which previously collaborated with the cinematographer during the creation of his previous film, Serf (2019).
Principal photography began in December 2020 in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. For the film, large-scale scenery of more than 7 thousand square meters has already been built.[5][6][7]
December was theatrically released in the Russian Federation was in cinemas across the country from 2023, by Central Partnership.