December (2023 film)

2023 Russian film

December

Directed by| Klim Shipenko
Written by|

* Klim Shipenko
* Aleksey Shipenko

Produced by|

* Eduard Eloyan
* Denis Zhalinsky
* Aleksey Trotsyuk
* Vitaly Shlyappo
* Vadim Vereshchagin
* Georgy Shabanov
* Mikhail Tkachenko
* Nana Iloyan
* Dmitry An

Starring|

* Alexander Petrov
* Sergey Gilyov
* Kristina Asmus
* Andrey Merzlikin
* Vladimir Vdovichenkov
* Aleksandr Samoylenko
* Kirill Nagiyev
* Mariya Veleshnaya
* Sofya Karpunina

Cinematography|

* Andrey Ivanov
* Boris Litovchenko

Edited by| Tim Pavelko

Production
companies

* Yellow, Black and White
* All Media Company
* Start
* Kinoprime
* Cinema Fund

Distributed by| Central Partnership

Release date

* 2023 (2023)

Country| Russia
Language| Russian

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]

It is scheduled to be theatrically released in 2023 by Central Partnership.[2][3]

## Plot[edit]

Sergei Yesenin, with the help of Isadora Duncan, plans an escape from the Soviet Union and finds himself on incredible adventures.[4]

## Cast[edit]

* Alexander Petrov as Sergei Yesenin
* Sergey Gilyov
* Kristina Asmus as Yelizaveta Ustinova
* Andrey Merzlikin
* Vladimir Vdovichenkov
* Aleksandr Samoylenko
* Kirill Nagiyev
* Mariya Veleshnaya as Isadora Duncan
* Sofya Karpunina
* Ronald Pelin

## Production[edit]

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).

### Filming[edit]

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]

## Release[edit]

December was theatrically released in the Russian Federation was in cinemas across the country from 2023, by Central Partnership.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Фильм Клима Шипенко о последних днях жизни Есенина может выйти в конце 2021 года
2. ^ Декабрь
3. ^ Второй день Контент Форума: Презентации компаний «Белые ночи» и «Централ Партнершип»
4. ^ "Декабрь / December (2021)". www.kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
5. ^ Alperina, Susanna (December 28, 2020). "Александр Петров сыграет Сергея Есенина в фильме "Декабрь"" [Alexander Petrov will play Sergei Yesenin in the film December]. Russian Gazette (in Russian). Retrieved April 24, 2021.
6. ^ "В Сети появился тизер драмы "Декабрь" о последних днях Есенина" [A teaser of the drama December about the last days of Yesenin appeared on the web]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
7. ^ Alperina, Susanna (April 15, 2021). "Вышел тизер фильма "Декабрь" с Александром Петровым в роли Есенина" [A teaser of the film December with Alexander Petrov in the role of Yesenin has been released]. Russian Gazette (in Russian). Retrieved April 24, 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (in English)
* December at IMDb