MOSCOW, October 4Ivan Okhlobystin and Kristina Asmus will play in the New Year's blockbuster of the Gorky Film Studio «Letter to Santa Claus», the press service of the film studio reported.
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"The Maxim Gorky Film Studio is preparing to film a large-scale game project, “A Letter to Santa Claus,” which will feature many animated characters — animated toys and imaginary creatures. Russian screen stars Ivan Okhlobystin and Kristina Asmus have already agreed to take part in the project,” the message says.
According to the general producer of the production center of the Film Studio named after. M. Gorky Liki Blank, Okhlobystin will make the image of the protagonist’s father bright and ironic, and “the fabulous Christina Asmus will effectively play the hero’s ex-wife.”
In a family New Year's film, the childhood dreams of an almost forty-year-old man will come true, and along with them, children's grievances against their father.
According to the plot, there is no place for fantasies in the life of lawyer Pyotr Bezuglova. His life is nothing but rules, which he strictly observes. One day, his son Vanechka finds the letters that Petya wrote to Santa Claus as a child and puts them in the New Year's mailbox. In the morning, all of Bezuglov’s childhood wishes begin to come true, and not only Peter himself is in danger, but also his family and, possibly, the whole world.
Okhlobystin noted that he will play an ordinary person who finds himself in a New Year's fairy tale.
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"My hero is an influential man, a man of command. He's used to being obeyed. But, nevertheless, he manages to get used to the coming fairy tale. “I have to play an ordinary person who finds himself in a fairy-tale situation with all the accompanying bewilderments, surprises and reactions,” the actor shared, as quoted by the press service.
Filming will take place in the spring of 2024. The film will be directed by Kirill Kuzin.