''Yuri's Day'' (russian: Юрьев день, Yuriev den) is a 2008 Russian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Kirill Serebrennikov Kirill Semyonovich Serebrennikov (russian: Кирилл Семёнович Серебренников; born 7 September 1969) is a Russian stage and film director and theatre designer. Since 2012, he has been the artistic director of the Gogol C ...

. The film won the Grand Prix at the

Warsaw International Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...

Plot

Before leaving for a permanent residence in Germany, famous

opera singer Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libretti ...

Lyuba (

Kseniya Rappoport Kseniya Aleksandrovna Rappoport (russian: link=no, Ксе́ния Алекса́ндровна Раппопо́рт; born 25 March 1974) is a Russian actress. She graduated in 2000 from Saint Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Arts and was immedi ...

) brings her son Andryusha (Roman Shmakov) to the Russian hinterland to say goodbye to her native home. For her these places represent beautiful romanticism of Russian poetry. The son goes to see an exposition of the local

kremlin The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty, Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of th ...

and disappears. Lyuba first looks for her son, and then remains in the town and waits for her son to return. Gradually she becomes a different person. Opera singer Lyubov loses her son, voice, destiny and transforms into a coarse

cleaner A cleaner or a cleaning operative is a type of industrial or domestic worker who cleans homes or commercial premises for payment. Cleaning operatives may specialise in cleaning particular things or places, such as window cleaners. Cleaning oper ...

Lucy. And in this new person additional qualities appear.

Cast

– Lyubov Pavlovna *Evgenia Kuznetsova – Tatiana *

Sergey Sosnovsky Sergey Valentinovich Sosnovsky (russian: link=y, Серге́й Валенти́нович Сосно́вский; 1 January 1955 – 3 July 2022) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Awarded a People's Artist of Russia (2004), he appeared in 100 ...

– Sergeev *Sergey Medvedev – Andrei-monk *Igor Khripunov – Andrei-"Petty" *Vladislav Abashin – manager * Juris Lauciņš – prisoner *Ulyana Lukina – young *Olga Onischenko – lame woman *Natalia Batrak – saleswoman *Roman Shmakov – Andrei Dmitrievich Vasilyev, son of Lyubov Pavlovna *Dmitry Podnozov – policeman *Ekaterina Durova – nurse of Dunya *Valery Petrov – chief doctor of the hospital

Awards

*Grand Prix –

*FICC/IFFS Prize; Special Mention, Oecumenical Jury; First Prize, Youth Jury –

Locarno Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

* Golden Eagle Awards – Best Actress (Kseniya Rappoport) *

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 ...

– Best Actress (Kseniya Rappoport) * Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards – Best Actress (Kseniya Rappoport)

References

External links

* 2008 drama films 2008 films Films directed by Kirill Serebrennikov 2000s Russian-language films Russian drama films Russian mystery films Films about Orthodoxy {{Russia-film-stub