Rubies. Murder
The Andrei Konchalovsky Production Center, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture, has started filming "Yakhonty. Ubiystvo" (Rubies. Murder), directed by Rustam Khamdamov.
Khamdamov's new movie is part of the independent film trilogy "Pokushenie na chuzhoe" (An Attempted Attack), which revolves around moral and ethic dilemmas that people face. The first part of the trilogy, a short film entitled "Brillianty. Vorovstvo" (Diamonds. Theft) participated in the Horizons programme of the Venice Film Festival in 2010. Filming of the third part "Izumrudy. Predatelstvo" (Emeralds. Betrayal) is planned to start in 2014.
Shooting of the first part of the film, the "fairytale" episodes, has been taking place in Moscow and the outskirts during the month of August. The episodes which are set in the emperor's palace will be filmed in October in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The film will be released in 2013.
