The Year of the Dog (film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Semyon Aranovich |
Written by | Zoya Kudrya |
Produced by | Semyon Aranovich |
Starring | Igor Sklyar |
Cinematography | Yuri Shajgardanov |
Edited by | Tamara Guseva |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
The Year of the Dog (Russian: Год собаки, romanized: God sobaki) is a 1994 Russian romantic drama film directed by Semyon Aranovich. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.[1]
Plot
[edit]Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Vera does not leave him. At that moment three looters come to the territory.
Cast
[edit]- Inna Churikova as Vera
- Igor Sklyar as Sergej
- Aleksandr Feklistov
- Era Ziganshina
- Mikhail Dorofeyev
- Sergei Bobrov
- Gennadi Menshikov
- Valentina Kovel
- Robert Vaab
- Diana Shishlyayeva
- Irina Polyanskaya
- Dmitri Kruglov
- Tatyana Zakharova
- Marina Yuldasheva
- Viktor Sukhorukov
References
[edit]- ^ "Berlinale: 1994 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 12 June 2011.