Mongrel Media Presents Siberian Education A film by Gabriele Salvatores (110 min., Italy, 2013) Language: English Distribution Publicity Bonne Smith Star PR 1028 Queen Street West Tel: 416-488-4436 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1H6 Fax: 416-488-8438 Tel: 416-516-9775 Fax: 416-516-0651 E-mail:
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[email protected] www.mongrelmedia.com High res stills may be downloaded from http://www.mongrelmedia.com/press.html SIBERIAN EDUCATION TECHNICAL CAST Director Gabriele Salvatores Story Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli Screenplay Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli and Gabriele Salvatores Director of Photography Italo Petriccione Production designer Rita Rabassini Costume designer Patrizia Chericoni Sound Gilberto Martinelli Editing Massimo Fiocchi Music Mauro Pagani Assistant Director Sergio Ercolessi Casting Director Alessandro Quattro Line Producer Piergiuseppe Serra Line Producer for Cattleya Matteo De Laurentiis Executive Producer Gina Gardini A production Cattleya with Rai Cinema Produced by Riccardo Tozzi Giovanni Stabilini Marco Chimenz Non-contractual credits SIBERIAN EDUCATION CAST Granfather Kuzja John Malkovich Kolima Arnas Fedaravičius Gagarin Vilius Tumalavičius Xenja Eleanor Tomlinson Ink Peter Stormare Mel Jonas Trukanas Vitalic Vitalji Poršnev Non-contractual credits SIBERIAN EDUCATION SYNOPSIS In the south of Soviet Russia, there is a city that has evolved into its own unique breed of ghetto — an enclave harboring a clashing mix of multi-ethnic outlaw gangs. Here, two ten year-old boys, Kolima and Gagarin, members of a gang of exiled Siberians, are best friends growing up together. Their education is also unique, consisting almost exclusively of mastering the illegal arts: theft, banditry and the use of weaponry.