One Hundred Years Ahead

One Hundred Years Ahead, also in English territories titled as Guest from the Future (Russian: Сто лет тому вперёд, romanized: Sto let tomu vperyod, lit. 'One Hundred Years Ahead') is a 2024 Russian teen science fiction film directed by Alexander Andryushchenko, loosely based on the 1978 Soviet novel of the same name by Kir Bulychev from the cycle about Alice Selezneva. The main roles were played by Daria Vereshchagina and Mark Eydelshteyn. The novel was adapted as a five-part television miniseries Guest from the Future made in the Soviet Union, which aired in March 1985.
One Hundred Years Ahead had its world premiere at the Karo 11 October at Arbat Square in Moscow on March 14, 2024, and was released in the Russian Federation on April 18, 2024 by Central Partnership.
In the near future, Earth joins the Space Federation, accelerating progress but also drawing it into a war with a pirate alliance led by a villain named Glot. The pirates possess a substance called "Cosmion", which allows them to travel back in time to alter battles. Kira Selezneva, mother of Alice and wife of a professor, defeats Glot but, to prevent the Cosmion from falling into pirate hands, she travels 100 years into the past, hiding the Cosmion and starting a new life as a teacher. Alice, believing her mother is alive, trains to enter the cadet corps to find her.
In 2024, students Kolya Gerasimov and Fima Korolev discover the hidden Cosmion in Kira's classroom. When Kolya accidentally activates it, he is transported to 2124, where he meets Alice. Together, they uncover the truth about the Cosmion and Kira's fate. Meanwhile, the pirate Jolly Man U breaks into Glot's prison, revealing Glot's plans to capture the Cosmion.
As tensions rise, Glot uses his powers to manipulate Kolya into attempting to kill the professor, but the situation spirals out of control, sending Kolya, Alice, and others back to 2024. They must navigate challenges, including battling Jolly Man U and attempting to activate the Cosmion to escape from pirates who have turned Earth into a stronghold.
In a climactic showdown, Glot's past and future selves meet, creating a paradox that leads to his demise. Kolya revives Alice, asserting that their friends can still defeat the pirates. After successfully altering the timeline, Kolya writes a warning letter for the professor to avoid his demise, ensuring Alice's family reunites. The film ends with Kolya and his friends planting a tree as a symbol of hope, with Alice receiving a message from Kolya in the future.
The story was first published in 1978, and four years later the first film adaptation of the work was released in slide show format. The most popular adaptation of the book was Pavel Arsenov’s 5-episode television film Guest from the Future, in which Natalya Murashkevich played the main role.
The producer of the film Invasion, Mikhail Vrubel, first announced his desire to make a film in early January 2020. Initially, Egor Baranov was supposed to become the director of the project, but in the end this post was taken by Alexander Andryushchenko. The cameraman is Mikhail Milashin, the project is produced by Mikhail Vrubel, Fyodor Bondarchuk and Vadim Vereshchagin.
Principal photography began on November 2, 2022, in Moscow, and the region of Moscow Oblast. At the end of December 2022, the first teaser of the project was published.
One Hundred Years Ahead was scheduled to be theatrically released on December 28, 2023, but was later postponed to April 18, 2024.
The first teaser trailer of One Hundred Years Ahead was released on April 18, 2023.
In the first weekend, the film topped the Russian box office, collecting 309.2 million rubles, it was the sixth best start of 2024 at that time. After the first 10 days of release, the box office exceeded 600 million rubles.