''Window to Paris'' (russian: Окно в Париж) is a 1993 Russian comedic drama film directed by

Yuri Mamin Yuri Mamin (russian: Юрий Борисович Мамин) is a Soviet and Russian film director, stage director, screenwriter, composer, author and television host, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. His "Window to Paris" (1993) rem ...

Plot

In the film, which is set in the 1990s, a magical portal connecting

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

with

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

is discovered. The main character, Nikolai Chizhov, is a school music teacher and a member of the Russian intelligentsia.

Reception

Mamin considered it unfair that the film was not chosen as the official Russian submission for the 1994

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

, asserting that this was due to the personal and political influence of

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the ...

.
Yuri Mamin's 2010 interview for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Liberty
Yuri Mamin's 2010 interview for Vecherny Peterburg (The Evening Petersburg)
Yuri Mamin's 2010 interview for ''Газета по-киевски'' (The Kiev-Style Newspaper)

References

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*{{IMDb title, 110719 1990s fantasy comedy-drama films Films about immigration Films set in 1992 Films set in Saint Petersburg Films set in Paris Films shot in Saint Petersburg Films shot in Paris Magic realism films French fantasy comedy-drama films Russian fantasy comedy-drama films Russian multilingual films 1993 comedy films 1993 films 1993 drama films 1990s French films