Roman BALAYAN
Роман БАЛАЯН
Roman BALAIAN
Russia / Ukraina, 2004, 93mn 
Colour, fiction
Bright is the Night
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Ночь светла

 

 La Nuit est claire

 Noch svetla

 
Directed by : Roman BALAYAN (Роман БАЛАЯН)
Writing credits : Roman BALAYAN (Роман БАЛАЯН), Rustam IBRAGIMBEKOV (Рустам ИБРАГИМБЕКОВ)
 
Cast
Vladimir GOSTIUKHIN (Владимир ГОСТЮХИН)
Irina KUPCHENKO (Ирина КУПЧЕНКО)
Andrey KUZICHEV (Андрей КУЗИЧЕВ)
Aleksey PANIN (Алексей ПАНИН)
Olga SUTULOVA (Ольга СУТУЛОВА)
 
Cinematography : Bogdan VERZHBITSKY (Богдан ВЕРЖБИЦКИЙ)
Production design : Sergey KHOTIMSKI (Сергей ХОТИМСКИЙ)
Music : Vadim KHRAPACHEV (Вадим ХРАПАЧЕВ)
Production : Makdos / Illusion films (Ukraine)
Film revenue in Russia : 0.001 million dollars
 
format : 35 mm

Awards :
Best actress Irina KUPCHENKO , "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2004
Prix Tarkovski au Festival "Une fenêtre sur l'Europe", 2004

Plot synopsis
The action takes place in a boarding school for the deaf-mute and the blind. Two young teachers, Alexei and Lika, in love with each other, would like to know if their students can experience a feeling of love. They decide to conduct an experiment on Sasha and Olya, without measuring all the risks of this experiment.
 

Commentaries
Roman Balaian: Bright is the Night (Noch' svetla) (2004), David GILLESPIE, kinokultura.com, 2004
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Festival du cinéma russophone de la CEI, Paris (France), 2011
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2009
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2009
- Marseille Russian Film Festival in Toursky, Marseille (France), 2006
- Paris International Film Festival, Paris (France), 2005
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2005
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2004
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2004
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2004
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2004
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2004