Convenience Store
Directed by Michael Borodin • 2022 • Russia
Based on shocking real-life events, Michael Borodin’s feature debut is a harrowing account of the hidden world of modern slavery. Mukhabat (Zukhara Sanzysbay) is one of a group of Uzbek migrants being held against their will in the Moscow grocery store where they live and work under the iron rule of proprietor Zhanna (Lyudmila Vasilieva). When Mukhabat’s newborn child is stolen from her, she resolves to break free – but her journey is only just beginning. From the cramped back rooms of the store to the sun-drenched cotton fields of Uzbekistan, Borodin’s film depicts life on the margins of the post-Soviet world as a battle for survival.
CONVENIENCE STORE • ПРОДУКТЫ 24
Written and directed by Michael Borodin
Cinematography by Ekaterina Smolina
Music by Aleksei Polyakov
Starring: Zukhara Sanzysbay, Lyudmila Vasilieva, Tolibjon Suleymanov
In Russian and Uzbek with English subtitles
Winner of the Panorama Award at the Berlin Film Festival 2022
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Convenience Store
Directed by Michael Borodin • 2022 • Russia
Based on shocking real-life events, Michael Borodin’s feature debut is a harrowing account of the hidden world of modern slavery. Mukhabat (Zukhara Sanzysbay) is one of a group of Uzbek migrants being held against their will in the Moscow grocery store...
Extras
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Michael Borodin discusses the shocking true story behind Convenience Store
Filmmaker Michael Borodin speaks to Sam Goff about his 2022 feature debut Convenience Store, which is based on the shocking true story of a modern slavery case among Central Asian migrants in Moscow. Michael discusses adapting this harrowing true crime material for the screen, his stylistic appro...