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Crystal Swan

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In 1990s Belarus, a young woman is derailed by a typo in a forged U.S. visa application, forcing her to a backwater village where she is determined to fake her way to the American dream.
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Diego Semerene Slant Magazine 05/20/2020
3/4
Throughout the film, it's as if mundane objects hold the remedies for the wretchedness of everyday life. Go to Full Review David Ehrlich IndieWire 07/13/2018
B
[Crystal Swan] is so effective at capturing the hopefulness of someone who's seized by the promise of a better life, and the desperation she feels when that promise starts to slip through her fingers. Go to Full Review Guy Lodge Variety 07/06/2018
While some nuances may go over the heads of international audiences, its core social and economic frustrations are universal ones, driven by Velya's fundamentally sympathetic wanderlust. Go to Full Review Christopher Llewellyn Reed Film Festival Today 05/23/2020
3/4
What happens ... is a perfect metaphor for what was happening in all such places and countries at that time, much of which has led to the world we live in today. Go to Full Review Phil Guie Film-Forward.com 03/26/2019
4/5
Crystal Swan feels like a poison-tipped letter from the filmmaker to her home country that is also an engrossing work of social criticism. Go to Full Review Brianna Zigler Film Inquiry 02/09/2019
Crystal Swan is about the murky foundation that the American Dream is built on, the impossibility of its promises, but the persistence it instills on those who are willing to fight for it, even in the most unfortunate circumstances. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/01/2020 Standard for this genre of movie, can't knock it but can't give it above 2.5. See more 05/26/2020 this film needs to be seen because it brings a kind of hope and strength that is not common. A phrase from Niet is well suited to capture the essence of this film, "he who has a why to live can bear almost any how". See more 07/13/2019 Painful to watch. Film schoolish and one-liner. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Darya Zhuk

Director

Alina Nasibullina

Velya

Ivan Mulin

Stepan

Yura Borisov

Alik

Svetlana Anikey

Velya's mother

Ilya Kapanets

Kostya

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Crystal Swan

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Movie Info

Synopsis In 1990s Belarus, a young woman is derailed by a typo in a forged U.S. visa application, forcing her to a backwater village where she is determined to fake her way to the American dream.
Director
Darya Zhuk
Producer
Valery Dmitrotchenko, Birgit Gernböck, Olga Goister, Debbie Vandermeulen
Screenwriter
Darya Zhuk, Helga Landauer
Production Co
TurnstyleTV, Demarsh-Film, Vice Studios, Unfound Content, Fusion Features, Crystal Goose
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Russian
Runtime
1h 33m
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