''Music for December'' (russian: Музыка для декабря,
translit.
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Muzyka dlya dekabrya) is a 1995 Russian
drama film
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directed by
Ivan Dykhovichny
Ivan Vladimirovich Dykhovichny (Russian: Иван Владимирович Дыховичный, 16 October 1947 – 27 September 2009) was a Russian film director and screenwriter.
He directed ten films between 1984 and 2009. His film ''M ...
. The film was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
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The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
1995 Cannes Film Festival
The 48th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 1995. The Palme d'Or went to '' Underground'' by Emir Kusturica.
The festival opened with ''La Cité des enfants perdus'', directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and closed with '' The Quick and t ...
.
Plot
Alexander Larin, a successful Leningrad artist, an emigrant of the last wave, returns to his homeland and meets his former lover Anna and her daughter Masha. What will end the journey to a country that no longer exists? And love, and the former itself, too. The past overtakes the hero as retribution.
Cast
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Gregory Hlady
Gregory Stepanovych Hlady (, Hryhoriy Stepanovych Hladiy; born 4 December 1954) is a Ukrainian actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1973. He starred in ''Music for December'', which was screened in the Un Cert ...
Yelena Safonova
Yelena Vsevolodovna Safonova (russian: Еле́на Все́володовна Сафо́нова; born 14 June 1956 in Leningrad) is a former Soviet and a Russian actress. She is an Honored Artist of Russia (2011). She was made famous by the 198 ...
as Anna Bersenyova
* Vadim Stepantsov as Plotnikov
* Natalya Zhukova as Masha
Awards
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Nika Award
The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars.
History
The award was established i ...