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Passions
Directed byKira Muratova
Written byKira Muratova
Evgeny Golubenko
Produced byIgor Kalyonov
StarringRenata Litvinova
Svetlana Kolenda
Mikhail Demidov
Production
company
Nikola-Film
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Passions, whose title (Russian: Увлеченья, romanizedUvlechenya) can also be translated "Enthusiasms," is a 1994 romantic comedy by Russian-Ukrainian director Kira Muratova based on the novellas of Boris Dedyukhin.[1][2]

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

The 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

  • Renata Litvinova – Lilia
  • Svetlana Kolenda – Violetta
  • Mikhail Demidov – Kasyanov
  • Vadim Rybakin
  • Aleksei Shevchenkov – Sasha Milashevski
  • Sergei Popov – instructor

References

  1. ^ Andrei Plakhov (1994-05-03). "Премьера нового фильма Киры Муратовой". Kommersant.
  2. ^ "Российский гуманитарный энциклопедический словарь".
  3. ^ "UVLECENJA". Locarno Festival.
  4. ^ "Лауреаты Национальной кинематографической премии «НИКА» за 1994 год". Nika Award.
  5. ^ "Призеры 1991-2005 гг". Kinotavr.

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