''His Wife's Diary'' (russian: Дневник его жены, Dnevnik ego zheny) is a 2000 Russian

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

directed by

Alexei Uchitel Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel (russian: Алексей Ефимович Учитель; born 31 August 1951) is a Russian film director. In 2002, he received the title People's Artist of Russia. Life and career Uchitel was born on 31 August 1951 ...

. It is a story about the last love affair of

Ivan Bunin Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the ...

(played by Andrei Smirnov). It is set in

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in the 1940s. ''His Wife's Diary'' was awarded the Grand Prize of the

Kinotavr Kinotavr (russian: Кинотавр), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991, until it was cancelled in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasio ...

Festival and the 2000

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for Best Film, Best Male Actor (Smirnov) and Best Cinematography (Klimenko). It was Russia's submission to the

73rd Academy Awards The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 2000 in film and took place on March 25, 2001, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / ...

for the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the

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n writer

. The love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet

Galina Plotnikova Galina, Halyna, or Halina (russian: Галина; from Greek ''γαλήνη'' "Serenity") is an East Slavic feminine given name, also popular in Bulgaria and Slovenia during the period of Soviet influence. Galina is the standard transliteration fr ...

, opera singer Marga Kovtun and literary man Leonid Gurov.

Cast

* Andrei Smirnov as

Galina Tyunina Galina Tyuninaslavskaya (russian: link=no, Гали́на Бори́совна Тю́нина) is a Russian actress, People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российско� ...

as Vera Bunina *

Olga Budina Olga Alexandrovna Budina (russian: О́льга Алекса́ндровна Бу́дина, born 22 February 1975) is a Russian theater and film actress. Biography Olga Budina was born in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Sh ...

as Galina Plotnikova * Yevgeny Mironov as Leonid Gurov *

Elena Morozova Elena Igorevna Morozova (russian: Елена Игоревна Морозова) is a Russian football midfielder, currently playing for Ryazan VDV in the Russian Championship. She previously played for Energiya Voronezh, WFC Rossiyanka, Zorky Kra ...

as Marga Kovtun *

Dani Kogan Dani may refer to: People * Dani people, a people living in the central highlands of West Papua * Dani (surname), a surname * Danes (Germanic tribe), a tribe in southern Scandinavia * Dani (footballer, born 1951) (Daniel Ruiz-Bazán Justa), Sp ...

as Zhanna * Yuri Stepanov as a guest at the reception

References

External links

* 2000 films 2000 biographical drama films Films set in the 1940s 2000s Russian-language films Films directed by Alexei Uchitel Russian biographical drama films Films scored by Leonid Desyatnikov Films set in France 2000 drama films {{Russia-film-stub

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