Yuri's Day (film)

Yuri's Day
Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov
Written by Yuri Arabov
Starring Kseniya Rappoport
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
 135 minutes
Country Russia
Language Russian

Yuri's Day (Russian: Юрьев день, translit. Yuriev den) is a 2008 Russian drama film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. The film won the Grand Prix at the Warsaw International Film Festival.[1][2]

Plot

Before leaving for a permanent residence in Germany, famous opera singer Lyuba (Kseniya Rappoport) brings her son Andryusha (Roman Shmakov) to the Russian heartland to say goodbye to her native home. For her these places represent beautiful romanticism of Russian poetry. The son goes to see the exposition of the local kremlin and disappears. Lyuba first looks for her son, and then remains in the city and waits for her son to return. Gradually she becomes a different person. Opera singer Lyubov loses her son, voice, destiny and transforms into a coarse cleaner Lucy. And in this new person additional qualities appear.

Cast

  • Kseniya Rappoport – Lyubov Pavlovna
  • Evgenia Kuznetsova – Tatiana
  • Sergey Sosnovsky – Sergeev
  • Sergey Medvedev – Andrei-monk
  • Igor Khripunov – Andrei-"Petty"
  • Vladislav Abashin – manager
  • Juris Lauciņš – prisoner
  • Ulyana Lukina – young
  • Olga Onischenko – lame woman
  • Natalia Batrak – saleswoman
  • Roman Shmakov – Andrei Dmitrievich Vasilyev, son of Lyubov Pavlovna
  • Dmitry Podnozov – policeman
  • Ekaterina Durova – nurse of Dunya
  • Valery Petrov – chief doctor of the hospital

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Yuri's Day' wins at Warsaw festival". Variety.
  2. ↑ "Yuri's Day wins Grand Prix at Warsaw Film Festival". Screen Daily.
  3. ↑ "Yuri's Day' wins at Warsaw festival". Variety.
  4. ↑ "Yuri's Day wins Grand Prix at Warsaw Film Festival". Screen Daily.
  5. ↑ "YURIEV DEN". Locarno Festival.
  6. ↑ "Лауреаты премии «Золотой Орел» за 2008 год". Golden Eagle Award.
  7. ↑ "Winners". Kinotavr.
  8. ↑ "2008". Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards.
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