8.8 /10 2 Votes
84% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Indar Dzhendubaev Cinematography Sergey Trofimov Director Indar Dzhendubaev Budget 18 million USD | 6.5/10 IMDb 7.7/10 Filmweb Music by Simon Finley Initial release 3 December 2015 (Russia) Box office 60.1 million CNY (China) Production company Bazelevs Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Igor Tsay
Timur Bekmambetov
Natalya Smirnova Screenplay by Aleksey Arsenev
Indar Dzhendubaev Starring Mariya Poezzhaeva
Matvey Lykov Cast Matvey Lykov, Maria Poezhaeva, Ieva Andrejevaitė, Stanislav Lyubshin, Alyona Chekhova Similar In the Heart of the Sea, Corrections Class, About Love, The Hateful Eight, Bridge of Spies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He's a Dragon (Russian: Он - дракон, translit. On - drakon) is a 2015 3D Russian romance fantasy adventure film directed by Indar Dzhendubaev and starring Matvey Lykov and Mariya Poezzhaeva. It was released in Russia on December 3, 2015.
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Plot
Princess Miroslava is in the midst of her wedding when a dragon catches her. She is held prisoner in the cave of her kidnapper dragon. It turns out that all of this has happened because of a ritual song which has summoned the beast. A man speaks to her through a hole in the cave and he does not have a name. She names him Arman. Mira's groom is on the way, and she tries not only to survive, but also to awaken Arman's human side. For many centuries dragon-men lived on an enchanted island. Hearing the song-call, the dragon flies and takes a girl, and then burn her on the altar, and in the ashes a new born boy dragon is born, and he will have to face a choice: to remain human or not; by way of the dragon, the ancestor's memories go to him. But Arman does not want violence, against his will the song calls him, turning into a dragon.
Suppressing the beast within himself, the young man shows Mira the Island, his home and talks about himself, gradually falling in love; as it turns out, the island is invisible to humans, but it can be found if the person on the island loves the individual who is searching for the island. Since Mira does not love her fiance now that she is with Arman, the ship floats aimlessly in the sea in search of the island. Meanwhile, Arman trusts the girl more and more, she prepares to escape from the island; when he hears about this, he lets her.
Mira is preparing to get married, and Arman jumps off a cliff in a suicide attempt. Changing her mind at the last moment, the princess sings the Dragon song: everyone understands that she calls the dragon. In the end the dragon arrives and takes her. Years later, their daughter, is a human. Mira flies on her dragon-husband, he is no longer dangerous to her, and they live happily ever after.
Filming
For Indar Dzhendubaev tape is the debut directorial feature-length work. Filming took place in the Black Sea. The creators of the film, according to them, have preserved much of the literary original, but at the same time brought to the scene for the film adaptation of innovations. The film, 85% consisting of computer graphics, was drawn with the help of Russian computers. Posters for the film were created in a photo shoot by photo artist Uldus Bakhtiozina.
Reception
The film deserves conflicting reviews. Such publications as Film.ru, and Afisha, responded positively to the film. Others, in particular Mir Fantastiki, Weburg, The Hollywood Reporter, rated it as average. Rossiyskaya Gazeta defeated the film.
Box office
The film flopped at the Russian box office, collecting $1.7 million, and in view of rentals in other CIS countries - $1.8 million, which is significantly less than the film's budget - $18 million. The film has grossed CN¥60.1 million at the Chinese box office.
