Based on the novel of the same name by N.Mizgir about the collapse of a noble family.
Heorhiy Tasin
Director
Nikolai Panov
Von Jagdt, state counselor
Nina Tairova
Maria Pavlovna von Jagdt
Nikolay Dalmatov
Sergey, student and revolutionary
Oleg Olegov
Pyotr, younger son
Ksana Zapadnaia
Musya, daughter
B. Goncharov
Bunchuk-Burunskiy, landowner
G. Zosimov
Kalistov, student and tutor
Anna Agramova
Kalistov's mother
Ihor Bir
Pyotr's friend
Volkova
Netti, Bunchuk's daughter
Kh. Bogdanov
Hunter
“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch
It's not love. It's Obsession. The hook of this movie is the tension between wanting to be loved and the fear of being all-encompassed by that love. It plays on men’s typical (though certainly not universal) inner-conflict
Pressure is an unambiguously great movie, lead by convincing performances, a well-crafted script, good direction, and at least some social awareness.