Mother (1999 Russian film)

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Mother (Russian: Мама, romanizedMama) is a 1999 Russian feature film based on the capture of the Ovechkin family in 1988.[2]

Mother
Directed byDenis Yevstigneyev
Screenplay byArif Aliyev[1]
Produced byIgor Tolstunov
Denis Yevstigneyev
Konstantin Ernst
StarringNonna Mordyukova
Oleg Menshikov
Vladimir Mashkov
Yevgeny Mironov
Aleksei Kravchenko
CinematographyPavel Lebeshev
Sergey Kozlov
Edited byNatalia Kucherenko
Music byEduard Artemyev
Production
companies
NTV Profit
Russian Project Studio
Channel One Russia
Release date
  • 31 March 1999 (1999-03-31)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$3,000,000

Plot

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This story began a long time ago. Having lost her husband, who was imprisoned for stealing coal and was killed during the escape, Polina, the mother of six children, was left without any support. To make ends meet, Polina founded a family folk music ensemble. Soon, however, she realizes that her children were worthy of a better fate, and she makes a desperate decision to escape the Soviet Union by hijacking the commercial airliner the family was traveling aboard.

Fifteen years later, Polina is released from prison to learn that fate has scattered her children all over the country: one is illegally fighting in a bar, another is chopping coal in the Donbas. Her oldest, Leonid, is still in a psychiatric hospital, having pretended to be mentally ill for 15 years to avoid prosecution for the hijacking.

In the final scenes, Polina again gathers her sons to free their elder brother from the hospital.

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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Winner
  • Honfleur Festival of Russian Cinema — Audience Award (Denis Yevstigneyev)
  • Kinotavr — Best Music (Eduard Artemyev)
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