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* https://rg.ru/2017/02/08/reg-skfo/film-on-drakon-stal-samym-kassovym-rossijskim-kinofilmom-za-rubezhom.html (refs: 6, 18)<br>
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{{Infobox film
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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|language=ru|title=Он – дракон}}
| director = Indar Dzhendubaev
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* [[Timur Bekmambetov]]
* Natalia Smirnova
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* Yakov Gordin
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* Sergey Dyachenko
* Indar Dzhendubaev
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* [[Bazelevs Company|Bazelevs Production]]<ref name="cbooo">{{cite web |url= http://cbooo.cn/m/643898 |title= 他是龙(2016) |trans-title= |access-date= August 15, 2016 |work= cbooo.cn |language= Chinese}}</ref>
* Mindstream Productions
* Splendid Film
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* $10,495,305
* [[Russian ruble|₽]]126,557,888 (Russia, February 2016)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://kinobusiness.com/release/sbor/99135/week/ |
* {{CNY|60.1 million}} (China)<ref name="cbooo"/><!--(please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221")-->
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'''''He's a Dragon''''' or '''''He is Dragon''''' ({{
The action takes place in a fictional [[fantasy world]], which is a stylistic fusion of [[
The film was theatrically released in Russia by [[Bazelevs|Bazelevs Distribution]] on December 3, 2015, in [[RealD 3D]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloknot.ru/kul-tura/timur-bekmambetov-snimaet-fil-m-o-lyubvi-drakona-250982.html |title=Тимур Бекмамбетов снимает фильм о любви дракона |language=Russian |trans-title=Timur Bekmambetov makes a film about dragon love |last=Kuznetsov |first=Petr |date= 22 June 2015|work=Bloknot Russia}}</ref><ref name="douban"/> followed by streaming on [[Netflix]].
It was the highest-grossing Russian film at the international box office in 2016.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=|first= |date=8 February 2017 |title="Он - дракон" стал самым кассовым российским фильмом за рубежом |trans-title="He is a Dragon" became the highest-grossing Russian film abroad |url=https://rg.ru/2017/02/08/reg-skfo/film-on-drakon-stal-samym-kassovym-rossijskim-kinofilmom-za-rubezhom.html
== Plot ==
In the [[Kievan Rus']] of European epics, the people
Many years later, the young Princess Miroslava ([[Maria Poezzhaeva]]), Mira for short, is betrothed to Igor,
Wishing to become a human, Arman shows Mira the island and gives her a place
Arman wants to live as a
The island is bewitched so that only those who are loved by someone on the island can find the way to it. Because Mira's feelings toward Igor change as she fell in love with Arman, Igor meanwhile, searches futilely in a fog. Igor, who does not share his grandfather's bravery, tries to turn back, but his helmsman reminds him of his oath and does not allow him to turn back so that his family name will not be dishonored.
Mira's fear of the dragon causes her to secretly prepare a boat in order to escape. Learning of her preparations, Arman despairs of ever being able to control the dragon and reveals to Mira the real reason why the dragons had brought maidens to the island.
Mira returns home after finding Igor's boat in the fog. She realizes that Yaroslava secretly loves Igor's honorable helmsman, and her father encourages her to follow her heart's desire. While preparing again for her wedding with Igor, Mira realizes that she still loves Arman and cannot live without him, rejecting an infuriated Igor during the ceremony. While on the boat, Mira sings the ritual song to call the dragon. Arman, meanwhile, is ending his life in order to make sure that there will be no more dragons
Years later, Mira and Arman are living together on the island with their daughter. Mira flies on her dragon-husband, who is no longer dangerous to her, and
==Cast==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Maria Poezzhaeva]]
* Matvey Lykov as Arman / Dragon<ref name="douban"/>
** Ivo Gospodinov as Arman as a boy
* [[Stanislav Lyubshin]]
* [[Ieva Andrejevaite]]
* Pyotr Romanov
* Andrey Lebedinsky as Igor's [[helmsman]]
* Yola Sanko as an old woman-priestess
* Daria Dubnikova as a bride-victim to the Dragon
* Victoria Runtsova
* Anastasia Dubrovina as a bride (
* Alyona Chekhova as a bride (3)<ref name="douban"/>
* Lyubov Firsova as the mother of the bride (
* Yuri Gorin as the father of the bride
* Aleksandr Luchinin as the Dragon Slayer, Igor's grandfather
* Egor Zubarchuk as Arman's father
* Victor Korolyov
* Marta Timofeeva as Mira and Arman's daughter}}
==Production==
===Development===
''He's a Dragon'' was the feature film directorial debut of Indar Dzhendubaev. To the post of director he was invited by [[Timur Bekmambetov]], who acted as the main producer of the film. Filming took place in the [[Black Sea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://afisha.mail.ru/cinema/news/45991/ |title="Он — дракон": первый тизер нового проекта Бекмамбетова |date=22 June 2015 |language=Russian |trans-title=''He's a Dragon'': the first teaser of Bekmambetov’s new project |publisher=[[mail.ru]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.russkiymir.ru/news/192119/ |title=Кинокомпания Бекмамбетова снимает фэнтези о драконе и силе любви |language=Russian |trans-title=Bekmambetov's film company removes fantasy about the dragon and the power of love |publisher=russkiymir.ru}}</ref>
According to the creators of the film, they have preserved much of the literary original, but at the same time brought new elements to the story.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sobaka.ru/entertainment/cinema/37629 |title=Премьера: тизер фильма Тимура Бекмамбетова "Он – дракон" |language=Russian |trans-title=Premiere: teaser for Timur Bekmambetov’s film ''He's a Dragon'' |last=Smolyakova |first=Diana |date= 22 June 2015|publisher=sobaka.ru}}</ref>
The film, 85% of which consisted of computer graphics, was drawn with the help of Russian computers.
The posters for the film were created at a 16-hour photo shoot by the photographer [[Uldus Bakhtiozina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.t-platforms.ru/about-company/press-releases/581---04122015.html |publisher=t-platforms.ru |title=Новости компании - 04.12.2015 |trans-title=Company news - 12/04/2015 |access-date=2017-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131051817/http://www.t-platforms.ru/about-company/press-releases/581---04122015.html |archive-date=2016-01-31 |url-status=dead}}</ref> During shooting, only film cameras were used, and the resulting pictures were not subjected to any additional processing, which is an absolute rarity for posters of modern films.
===Filming===
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==Release==
On November 24, 2015, in [[Moscow]] hosted the magnificent premiere took place at the cinema "[[:commons:Category:Oktyabr Cinema, Moscow|Karo 11 October]]".
The film was released in the [[Russian Federation]] by [[Bazelevs|Bazelevs Distribution]] on December 3, 2015, and the world premiere of December 4, 2015. The film was released in the [[United States]] by 4Digital Media on 6 June 2017.
===Marketing===
The first trailer was released in the [[United States]] in April 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SomZ_9OnE5w |title= ''I Am Dragon'' (2017) Movie Trailer |date= |work=[[YouTube]] |publisher=4Digital Media}}</ref>
==Reception==
===Box office===
The film flopped at the Russian box office, collecting only $1.7 million (114 million [[ruble]]s), and in view of rentals in other [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] countries – $1.8 million, which is significantly less than the film's budget of $18 million. It, however, had great success at the Chinese box office, grossing {{CNY|60.1 million}}, making it the most successful film in China in the history of Russian cinema.<ref name="cbooo"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Triumph of Russian film He Is a Dragon in China|url=https://russkiymir.ru/en/news/211944/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=russkiymir.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=|first= |date=|title=Novel Russian fare hits screens - Chinadaily.com.cn |url=https://m.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2016-08/25/content_26588670.htm
===Critical response===
The film was met with mixed reviews. Such publications as [[Film.ru]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.film.ru/articles/v-kogtyah-strasti |title=Рецензия на фильм ''Он – дракон'': В когтях страсти |language=Russian |trans-title=Review of the film ''He's a Dragon'': In the clutches of passion |last=Ivanov |first=Boris |date=November 26, 2015 |work=[[Film.ru]] |access-date=March 22, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131074242/http://www.film.ru/articles/v-kogtyah-strasti |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[The Hollywood Reporter]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=|first= |date= |title=КиноПоиск |trans-title=Cinema Search |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/840258/press/
Dmitry Ostashevsky, Russian film critic of [[The Hollywood Reporter]], stated: "The computer animation and 3D graphics are so good that you begin to regret that such a cool dragon (that is, by the way, recognised as the most technologically complex virtual character in the whole history of [[Russian cinema]]) was chosen for the genre of melodrama and not blockbuster."<ref name=":0" />
Others, in particular [[Mir Fantastiki]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirf.ru/featured/on-drakon |title=''Он – дракон'': Фэнтези про стокгольмский синдром |language=Russian |trans-title=''He's a Dragon'': A fantasy about the Stockholm syndrome |last=Ptashkina |first=Ekaterina |date=December 4, 2015 |work=[[Mir Fantastiki]]}}</ref> Weburg,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://weburg.net/news/53992 |title=''Он – дракон'': Драконам нужны принцессы |language=Russian |trans-title=''He's a Dragon'': Dragons need princesses |last=Ilyukhin |first=Kirill |date=December 4, 2015 |work=Weburg}}</ref> and Kino-Teatr,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/art/pr/4212/ |title="Он – дракон": Слово о френдзоне Игореве |trans-title="He is a dragon": A word about Igor’s friend zone |language=Russian |last=Polibentseva |first=Anna |date=December 3, 2015 |work=Kino-Teatr.Ru}}</ref> rated it as average.
== See also ==
* [[Damsel (2024 film)|''Damsel'' (2024 film)]]
==References==
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[[Category:Films based on adaptations]]
[[Category:Films based on Beauty and the Beast]]
[[Category:Kievan Rus' in fiction]]
[[Category:Films based on Russian novels]]
[[Category:Films based on fantasy novels]]
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