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WHO’S IN IT?

Keanu Reeves (John Wick), Ana Ularu (Serena), Pasha D. Lychnikoff (A Good Day to Die Hard), Molly Ringwald (The Breakfast Club), Rafael Petardi (Freezer), Aleks Paunovic (War for the Planet of the Apes), Boris Gulyarin (film debut), Ashley St. George (Liars, Fires and Bears)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Matthew Ross (Frank & Lola), director; Scott B. Smith (A Simple Plan), writer; Braden Aftergood (Hell or High Water), Gabriela Bacher (My Kingdom), Cassian Elwes (Mudbound), Stephen Hamel (Passengers), Dave Hansen (Lovesong) and Keanu Reeves (Exposed), producers; Danny Bensi (The Gift) and Saunder Jurriaans (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), composers; Eric Koretz (Comet), cinematographer; Louise Ford (The Witch), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Lucas (Reeves), an American diamond merchant, travels to Russia to sell rare blue diamonds of questionable origin. As the deal begins to collapse, he meets and begins an obsessive and passionate affair with Katya (Ularu), a Russian café owner in the small Siberian town of Mirny. However, their relationship is tested when Lucas realises that it isn’t easy leaving his old life behind…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Keanu Reeves produces and stars in this romantic thriller which proves that love can be found even in the most unlikely and unromantic of settings.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2018

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