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Rhino (Ukrainian: Носоріг, romanized: Nosorih) is a Ukrainian feature film by director Oleg Sentsov, created as a co-production of Ukraine, Poland and Germany.[1][2]

Rhino
Ukrainian	Носоріг
Directed by	Oleg Sentsov
Screenplay by	Oleg Sentsov
Produced by	Denys Ivanov Oleg Sentsov Dariusz Jabłoński Violetta Kamińska Izabela Wójcik Heino Deckert Tina Börner
Starring	Serhii Filimonov Yevhen Grygoriev Alina Zevakova
Production companies	Cry Cinema (Ukraine) Apple Film Prod. (Poland) Ma.ja.de. Fiction (Ger.)
Distributed by	WestEnd Films
Release date	September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09) (Venice)
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	Ukraine Germany Poland
Language	Ukrainian
Budget	₴50.0 million (€1.6 million)

The world premiere of Rhino took place on September 9, 2021, at the 78th Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section.[3][2]

Plot

Starting out as an aggressive delinquent, a young man nicknamed “Rhino” quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 1990’s Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, could he finally find a chance at redemption?[1]

Cast

Serhii Filimonov	Rhino
Yevhen Chernykov	Man in the car
Yevhen Grygoriev	Plus
Alina Zevakova	Marina
Mariia Shtofa	Rhino's sister
Iryna Mak	Rhino's mother
Serhii Smiian	Rhino's father
Dmytro Lozovskyi	Rhino's brother
Ivan Tamashev	Middle Rhino
Dmytro Dima	Little Rhino
Oleksandr Rudynskyi	Red
Yevhen Svitlychnyi	Karas
Serhii Maydebura	Meat
Vladyslav Derduha	Scull
Georgiy Povolotskyi	Tucha
Vitaliy Tyutenko	Chicha
Volodymyr "Adolfych' Shamray	Dad

Production

Budget

In July 2020, Ulraine's Council for State Support of Cinematography made a decision to support the Rhino film project – funding received from the Ukrainian State Film Agency was ₴25.0 mil. UAH, which amounted to about 50% of the film's total budget of ₴50.0 mil. UAH (€1.6 mil. EUR).[4] Overall the film has received ₴46.0 mil. UAH (€1.45 mil. EUR) in funding from governmental film institutions which represents around 92% of the overall budget of ₴50.0 mil. UAH (€1.6 mil. EUR); speficifcally, the Ukrainian State Film Agency contributed 50% (₴25.0 mil. UAH / €800.0 thousdand EUR),[4] the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund contributed 17% (₴8.6 mil. UAH / €270.0 thousand EUR),[5][6][7][8] the Polish Film Institute contributed 15% (₴7.5 mil. UAH / €232.6 тис. EUR / zl1 million),[9][10][11][12] and the German film fund Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg contributed 10% (₴4.8 mil. UAH / €150.0 thousand EUR).[13]

Screenplay

The story centers around a gangster Rhino, who's trying to survive Ukraine's "wild 90s". In August–September 2021 in his interviews for Deadline Hollywood and The Hollywood Reporter Sentsov confessed that he decided to make a movie about Ukraine's wild crime-infested 90s because he believes that to date "[Ukraine hasn't made any] movies about the “wild” 90s". Sensov also shared that the prototype for the film's main character, Rhino, was one of Sentsov's friends.[14][15]

Filming

In 2012 film's director and writer Oleh Sentsov presented Rhino film project at the industry platform of the Sofia International Film Festival, where it received awards for Best Project and Best Pitching.[16][17][18] Additionally in 2012 Sentsov presented Rhino film project at the producer pitching meeting of Odesa International Film Festival where the project won a grant of ₴25 thousand UAH.[19] However, work on the film was suspended in 2014 due to Sentsov's illegal arrest by Russian security services and his subsequent incarceration.[18] Work on the project only resumed after Oleh Sentsov was released by Russia in September 2019 as a part of Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange.[17]

Filming began in July 2020 and ended in December 2020 and took place in Kryvyi Rih, Lviv and Kyiv.[20][21]

The film is a co-production of Ukraine, Poland and Germany. The Ukrainian side of production is represented by producer Denys Ivanov's Arthouse Traffic and Oleh Sentsov's Cry Cinema. Polish partners are Apple Film Production,[22] German – Ma.ja.de. film company. The international distributor of the film is WestEnd Films.[23]

Marketing

Promotion

On September 6, 2021 industry publication cineuropa.org released the first official international film poster.[24] A day later on September 7, 2021 industry publication Deadline released the first official international film trailer.[25][26][27][28] Fostylen magazine called the trailer impressive.[29]

Release

The world premiere of Rhino took place on September 9, 2021, at the 78th Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section; it was the closing film of the Orizzonti section.[30][3][2][31]

Awards and nominations

• Venice Film Festival — Orizzonti Section, Nomination: Best Film[2]
• Batumi International Art-House Film Festival — International competition, Nomination: Best Film; Winner: Best Actor (Serhii Filimonov)[32]
• Warsaw Film Festival — International competition, Nomination: Best Film[33]
• Thessaloniki International Film Festival — Open Horizons, Non-Competition[34]
• CPH PIX — The Wild Side, Non-Competition[35]
• Stockholm International Film Festival — International competition, Winner: Best Film, Best Actor (Serhii Filimonov)[36]
• 52nd International Film Festival of India — International Panorama, Non-Competition[37]
• Les Arcs Film Festival — Playtime, Non-Competition[38]
• Ulsan International Film Festival — UIFF Premiere, Non-Competition[39]
• Sofia International Film Festival — Special screening, Non-Competition[40]
• Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival — Fantasy of the Year, Non-Competition[41]
• International Istanbul Film Festival — International competition, Nomination: Best Film[42]
• D'A Film Festival — Transicions, Nomination: Audience Award[43]
• Transilvania International Film Festival — TIFF For Ukraine, Non-Competition[44]
• Lubuskie Lato Filmowe — Main Competition, Winner: Best Film[45]
• Aegean Film Festival — Feature films, Non-Competition[46]
• Motovun Film Festival — Main Program, Nomination: Best Film[47]
• Atlàntida Mallorca Film Festival — Official Competition, Nomination: Best Film[48]

References

External links

• Official website
• Rhino at IMDb
• Rhino at Rotten Tomatoes
• Rhino at DzygaMDB (in Ukrainian)
• Rhino at dergkino.gov.ua (in Ukrainian)
• Rhino at WestEnd Films

На других языках

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- [en] Rhino (film)

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[ru] Носорог (фильм)

Носорог (укр. Носоріг) — украинский художественный фильм режиссёра Олега Сенцова, снятый при совместном сотрудничестве Украины, Польши и Германии. Мировая премьера фильма состоялась 9 сентября 2021 года в конкурсной программе Orizzonti[en] 78-го Венецианского кинофестиваля[1][2][3]. Украинская кинотеатральная премьера фильма была запланирована на 24 февраля 2022 года[4].

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