| Cloud-Paradise | |
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 French film poster | |
| Directed by | Nikolai Dostal |
| Produced by | Alexander Mikhailov |
| Starring | Andrei Zhigalov Sergey Batalov Irina Rozanova |
| Cinematography | Yuri Nevsky Pyotr Serebryakov |
| Music by | Alexander Goldstein |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Cloud-Paradise (Russian: Облако-рай, romanized: Oblako-ray) is a 1990 Russian comedy film directed by Nikolai Dostal. It was voted best film of 1992 by 90 Russian critics.[1]
Plot
In a small provincial town, early in the morning, Kolya encounters his friend Fedya, wearily and indifferently. Wanting to attract attention, Kolya says that he is going to leave, ostensibly, to the Far East. His decision wins unanimous support. Kolya becomes a local hero, all the neighbors assist in his training. Kolya sells his furniture off, writes a resignation letter and leaves his hometown on a bus. He is on his way to nowhere.
Cast
- Andrei Zhigalov - Kolya
- Sergey Batalov - Fedya
- Irina Rozanova - Valya, Fedya's wife
- Alla Kliouka - Natalia
- Anna Ovsyannikova - Tatiana Ivanovna, Natalia's mother
- Vladimir Tolokonnikov - Felomeev
- Lev Borisov - Philipp Makarovich, neighbor
- Aleksandr Chislov - mate of Felomeev
Awards and nominations
- Prize For the destruction of a barrier between your favorite movies and cinema for all at the first festival Kinotavr in 1991.
- Golden Aries Award in 1992
- Silver Leopard Special Grand Jury Prize and Second Prize and youth jury prize of the International Confederation of experimental film in the Locarno International Film Festival in 1991[2]
- Grand Prix II MFEC (France)
- Special Jury Prize cast of young actors in the 1991 Geneva Film Festival
References
- ↑ Brashinsky, Michael; Horton, Andrew (30 September 1994). Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost. Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-521-44475-0.
- ↑ "OBLAKO-RAI". Locarno International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
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