biographical film
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directed by
Alexei Uchitel
Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel (; 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 in Leningrad to the family of documentary filmmaker Y ...
. It is a story about the last love affair of
Ivan Bunin
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953)Andrei Smirnov). It is set in
French Riviera
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in the 1940s.
''His Wife's Diary'' was awarded the Grand Prize of the
Kinotavr
Kinotavr (), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival was 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 invasion of Ukraine.Nika Award
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In 2022 nominees were announced, b ...
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. Pacif ...
for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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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
Russia
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n writer
Ivan Bunin
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953)Galina Plotnikova, opera singer Marga Kovtun and literary man Leonid Gurov.
Ivan Bunin
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953)Galina Tyunina as Vera Bunina
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Olga Budina
Olga Alexandrovna Budina (, born 22 February 1975) is a Russian theater and film actress.
Biography
Olga Budina was born in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She studied history and literature at the Lyceum college. She was ...
Elena Morozova
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Morozova start ...
List of submissions to the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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List of Russian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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