Passions, whose title (Russian: Увлеченья, romanized: Uvlechenya) can also be translated "Enthusiasms," is a 1994 drama by Ukrainian director Kira Muratova based on the novellas of Boris Dedyukhin.[1][2]
Passions | |
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Directed by | Kira Muratova |
Written by | Kira Muratova Evgeny Golubenko |
Produced by | Igor Kalyonov |
Starring | Renata Litvinova Svetlana Kolenda Mikhail Demidov |
Production company | Nikola-Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Countries | Russia Ukraine |
Language | Russian |
It was screened at the Locarno Festival in 1994.[3]
It received two Nika Awards, for Best Picture and Best Director (Muratova).[4] The picture also won the Special Jury Prize of the Kinotavr film festival.[5]
Plot
editThe film's story unfolds in a small town on the beach. Two females: a blonde - Lilia and a brunette - Violetta, are fond of horse racing and the jockeys are fond of the women. Star jockey Oleg Nikolaev teaches Violetta horse riding and another horseman who is also interested in the same girl, summons Oleg Nikolayev to a duel.
Cast
edit- Renata Litvinova – Lilia
- Svetlana Kolenda – Violetta
- Mikhail Demidov – Kasyanov
- Aleksei Shevchenko – Sasha Milashevski
- Sergei Popov – instructor
References
edit- ^ Andrei Plakhov (1994-05-03). "Премьера нового фильма Киры Муратовой". Kommersant.
- ^ "Российский гуманитарный энциклопедический словарь".
- ^ "UVLECENJA". Locarno Festival.
- ^ "Лауреаты Национальной кинематографической премии "НИКА" за 1994 год". Nika Award.
- ^ "Призеры 1991-2005 гг". Kinotavr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
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