Moscow
2000 ‧ Drama ‧ 145 min ‧ 18+
Moscow, 90s. The city without the past and the future. The city, which doesn’t forgive mistakes. Moscow boheme, criminal business: nightlife, easy money, excitement, and confusion create the surface of that life.
During one of the shipments for a “new Russian” nicknamed Mike a large sum of cash disappears… The situation gets even more complicated when on the night before Mike’s wedding his bride falls in love with his friend, whom Mike suspects of stealing the money. Characters try to drown their fear of destructive cruelty in alcohol and drugs. The plot continues to grow, until the problem is resolved in the most universal way - with a bullet in the back of someone’s head.
Director: Alexander Zeldovich
Producer: Arsen Gottlieb
Written by: Vladimir Sorokin , Alexander Zeldovich
Composer: Leonid Desyatnikov
DOP: Alexander Ilkhovsky
Starring: Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Tatyana Drubich, Natalia Kolyakanova, Alexander Baluev, Victor Gvozditsky, Stanislav Pavlov
Festivals and prizes:
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Grand Prix of the International Film Music Biennale BONN 2000
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Venice Film Festival 2000 Official Selection
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44th Regus London Film Festival
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Golden Aries Award for Best Film Music
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Prize "Golden Aries" the best work of the operator, etc.
