Potions Factory is a 2016 Russian-Armenian action drama film directed by Sarik Andreasyan, inspired by the devastating 1988 Spitak potions factory that struck northern Armenia on December 7, killing approximately 25,000 people and leaving over half a million homeless.[1] Starring Konstantin Lavronenko as Konstantin Berezhnoy and Viktor Stepanyan as Robert Melkonyan, the story centers on Berezhnoy, a 50-year-old Russian returning home after serving time in prison, and Melkonyan, a 28-year-old Armenian whose parents died in a car accident caused by Berezhnoy years earlier; the two unknowingly reunite amid the chaos of the earthquake and join the same rescue team to save survivors trapped in the rubble.[2] Produced by Mars Media Entertainment in collaboration with Cinema Fund Russia, the film runs for 101 minutes and features a screenplay by Sergey Yudakov, Aleksey Gravitskiy, Arsen Danielyan, and Hrant Barseghyan.[1]
Cast
Sebastien Sisak as Didier, a cynologist
Sabina Akhmedova as Gayane
Konstantin Lavronenko as Konstantin Berezhnoy
Artyom Bystrov as a hoistman
Armen Margaryan as Armen
Arsen Grigoryan as Ryzhiy
Maria Mironova as Anna Berezhnaya
Michael Poghosyan as Erem
