''Country of the Deaf'' (russian: Страна глухих, Strana glukhikh) is a 1998 Russian
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Valery Todorovsky, loosely based on
Renata Litvinova's novel ''To Own and Belong''. The film set in a fictional underworld of
deaf-mute people in Moscow. The film was entered into the
48th Berlin International Film Festival
The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1998. The festival opened with the Irish film ''The Boxer'' by Jim Sheridan. Francis Ford Coppola's '' The Rainmaker'' was selected as the closing night film. Th ...
.
Plot
The action takes place in Moscow in the 1990s. The heroine of the film – Rita is forced into hiding; Her friend Alyosha has disappeared after losing someone else's money in a game of
roulette
Roulette is a casino game named after the French word meaning ''little wheel'' which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi''.'' In the game, a player may choose to place a bet on a single number, various groupings of numbers, the ...
. She is rescued and hidden by Yaya, a
deaf nightclub dancer, who lives only for one thing – to save money and go to some fabulous "country of the deaf," where only deaf people live, virtue and justice reigns. Suddenly, the girls find themselves in the center of a violent clash between two mafia clans – one with and one without hearing impairment.
Cast
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Chulpan Khamatova as Rita
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Dina Korzun as Yaya
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Maksim Sukhanov as Svinya
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Nikita Tyunin as Alyosha (voiced by
Sergei Bezrukov
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Aleksandr Yatsko
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Yatsko (russian: Александр Владимирович Яцко; born 18 November 1978) is a former Russian professional football player.
Club career
He played for FC Fakel Voronezh
FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: ...
as The Albino
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Alexey Gorbunov
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as Landlord
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Pavel Pajmalov as Mao
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* Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name)
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as Nuna
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Alexey Diakov
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as Molodoy
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Yaroslav Boyko as bandit
Awards
At the
1998 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards the film was awarded the prizes for ''Best Film'', ''Best Music'' (Alexey Aygi), ''Best Female Actor'' (
Dina Korzun), ''Best Supporting Actor'' (
Maksim Sukhanov). At the
Nika Award the film received the prizes for ''Best Female Actor'' (Dina Korzun) and ''Best Sound Design'' (Gleb Kravetsky).
See also
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List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Country Of Deaf
1998 films
1998 crime films
1990s Russian-language films
Films directed by Valery Todorovsky
Films set in Moscow
Russian Sign Language films
Films about deaf people
Russian crime films
Films about disability