SCHASTYE MOIE
My Joy
Germany/Ukraine/The Netherlands
2010
128 minutes
A trucker gets drawn into the heart of darkness of the Russian heartland. Bleak, moody drama whose narrative resolves itself into a series of loosely arranged tableaux on the Russian psyche, betraying its writer/director's documentary background; formally dazzling, but probably far too oblique for general viewers.
Starring Viktor Nemets, Vladimir Golovin, Alexei Vertkov, Dmitri Gotsdiner, Olga Shuvalova, Maria Varsami, Boris Kamorzin, Vlad Ivanov, Olga Kogut.
Directed and written by Sergei Loznitsa; produced by Heino Deckert, Oleg Kokhan; director of photography (ARRI Kopierwerk prints, widescreen), Oleg Mutu; production designer, Kirill Shuvalov; costume designer, Mare Radima; film editor, Danielus Kokanauskis.
A Ma.ja.de Fiction/SOTA Cinema Group/Lemming Film/ZDF—ARTE presentation/production, supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, with financing from Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Nederlands Fonds voor de Film. (World sales, Fortissimo Films.)
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Zon Lusomundo Colombo 4 (Lisbon), December 16th 2010.
Germany/Ukraine/The Netherlands
2010
128 minutes
A trucker gets drawn into the heart of darkness of the Russian heartland. Bleak, moody drama whose narrative resolves itself into a series of loosely arranged tableaux on the Russian psyche, betraying its writer/director's documentary background; formally dazzling, but probably far too oblique for general viewers.
Starring Viktor Nemets, Vladimir Golovin, Alexei Vertkov, Dmitri Gotsdiner, Olga Shuvalova, Maria Varsami, Boris Kamorzin, Vlad Ivanov, Olga Kogut.
Directed and written by Sergei Loznitsa; produced by Heino Deckert, Oleg Kokhan; director of photography (ARRI Kopierwerk prints, widescreen), Oleg Mutu; production designer, Kirill Shuvalov; costume designer, Mare Radima; film editor, Danielus Kokanauskis.
A Ma.ja.de Fiction/SOTA Cinema Group/Lemming Film/ZDF—ARTE presentation/production, supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, with financing from Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Nederlands Fonds voor de Film. (World sales, Fortissimo Films.)
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Zon Lusomundo Colombo 4 (Lisbon), December 16th 2010.
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