Director
Vladimir Khotinenko
Cast
Sergey Koltakov, Nina Usatova, Vladimir Ilin
Edition 2000
107'
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1999
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Russian
Vladimir Khotinenko directs this drama that edges drab realism with moments of sublime fantasy, including a talking raven with a passion for vodka and an aging actress who levitates above her balcony. The film centers on ex-actor Andrei Sokolov (played by screenwriter Sergei Koltakov), whose career was wrecked by his love for alcohol. Now working as an apartment fix-it man, he discovers an old address book and tries to enliven his bleak existence by calling old acquaintances. Most of the people he contacts, from his ex-wife who married a failed writer to an ex-dancer whose leg never recovered from an injury, are just as miserable as he is. (Jonathan Crow)
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Credits
Directors
Vladimir Khotinenko
Cast
Sergey Koltakov, Nina Usatova, Vladimir Ilin
Scenario
Sergey Koltakov
Director of Photography
Vladimir Shevtsik
Editors
Svetlana Tarik
Non original music
Sergei Prokofiev, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
More info
Dialogue
Russian
Countries of production
Russia
Year
1999