''Winter Journey'' (russian: Зимний путь,
translit.
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Zimniy put') is a 2013 Russian drama film about a young classical singer who falls in love with a street thug. The film takes its title from a Schubert song cycle, ''
Winterreise'', that the hero, Erik, a music student, is practising for a competition.
Plot
Music student and gifted singer, Erik, is preparing to sing Schubert's ''Winterreise'' for a competition. As his teacher slams him for his poor performance, Erik's life is changed irrevocably by a chance meeting with Lyokha, a coarse and aggressive petty criminal.
Cast
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Aleksey Frandetti
Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin A ...
as Erik
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Yevgeny Tkachuk as Lyokha
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Sergey Taramaev
Sergey Ivanovich Taramaev (russian: Сергей Иванович Тарамаев; born 8 October 1958) is a Russian film and theatrical actor and film director. He won Russian Guild of Film Critics award.
Selected filmography
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* 1995 '' ...
as Slava
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Egor Koreshkov as Borya
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Vladimir Mishukov
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
as Pasha
Reception
The Dutch film director
Jos Stelling described the film as "a genuine film...
hichwent straight to my heart. The theme of the alleged homosexuality hardly played a role for me... To me this film sometimes approached the status of a masterpiece for its cinematographic values".
Awards
References
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2013 films
2013 drama films
Russian LGBT-related films
2013 LGBT-related films
2010s Russian-language films
Russian drama films
LGBT-related drama films
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