This Is What Happens To Me

This Is What Happens To Me (Russian: Со мною вот что происходит) - Russian independent feature film, drama of director and screenwriter Viktor Shamirov with Gosha Kutsenko in the title role. The plot develops around two main characters - Artyom and Valentin, who, in proportion to the New Year's fussiness of the metropolis, do not have time to do the planned things and meetings.

The main theme of the film is existential loneliness. The main characters face the problem of a large city and alienation due to the abundance of domestic problems.

The premiere took place in June 2012 at the 23rd Kinotavr Open Film Festival, where the tape was nominated for the main prize. Subsequently, the film was shown at several Russian and foreign film festivals. Critics took the film production well, noting the acting game of Gosha Kutsenko, who received several prizes at various film forums. At the film screening in St. Petersburg “Vivat, Russian Cinema!” The picture also participated in the main competition and received a prize for best male role. In November, the film received a grand prix at the Honfleur Russian Film Festival.

The release in the Russian and Ukrainian box office took place on December 6 under the auspices of the distributor "Other Cinema". The premiere on television took place on Channel One on December 23.

Plot
From the city of Volgograd to Moscow comes the elderly provincial Valentin. He is staying with his successful brother Artyom - an office worker who dreams of moving up the career ladder. But exactly on December 30, the brothers find out that their father is terminally ill. In frustrated feelings, Valentine is late for the train - Moscow traffic jams intervene. And he urgently needs to get home for the New Year, as he promised to celebrate the holiday with his parents and bring his children to them. Artyom promises his brother a plane ticket, and he prepares himself for the New Year's corporate party, where he must sing the famous song "This is what happens to me." The head of Artyom, a big fan of the film “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!”, Organized a vocal competition among his employees. Each of them has its own personal goal - to impress and stand out from the crowd. But thanks to the same irony of fate, the night before departure turns into a sleepless marathon - the neighbors behind the wall made a quarrel. The brothers were forced to shelter their daughter - an internally lonely and useless teenage girl Alyona. As a result, they overslept their flight. On New Year's Eve, the situation finally gets out of control, and the brothers in the company of Alena, overcoming metropolitan traffic jams, begin to move to the complete collapse of their hopes.

Cast

 * Gosha Kutsenko - Artyom
 * Victor Shamirov - Valentine
 * Alexandra Petrova - Alena
 * Olesya Zheleznyak - Nastya
 * Margarita Shubina - Olga
 * Alexey Trotsyuk - Igor
 * Olga Zaitseva - Katya
 * Gerard Michael McCarthy - Foreigner
 * Alexander Grishaev - Alexander
 * Pavel Sbornikov - Pavel
 * Alexander Robak - the father of Alena