Karen SHAKHNAZAROV
Карен ШАХНАЗАРОВ
Karen CHAKHNAZAROV
Russia, 2009, 83mn 
Colour, fiction
Palata N°6
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Палата №6

 

 Ward N°6

 Salle N°6 - Tchékhov

 
Directed by : Karen SHAKHNAZAROV (Карен ШАХНАЗАРОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksandr BORODIANSKY (Александр БОРОДЯНСКИЙ), Karen SHAKHNAZAROV (Карен ШАХНАЗАРОВ)
Co-Directed by : Aleksandr GORNOVSKY (Александр ГОРНОВСКИЙ)
Based on Chekhov's short story of the same name.
 
Cast
Albina EVTUSHEVSKAYA (Альбина ЕВТУШЕВСКАЯ) ...Daria
Vladimir ILIN (Владимир ИЛЬИН) ...Raguine
Aleksandr PANKRATOV-CHERNY (Александр ПАНКРАТОВ-ЧЕРНЫЙ) ...Mikhaël Averianovitch
Viktor SOLOVIEV (Виктор СОЛОВЬЕВ) ...Nikita
Yevgeni STYCHKIN (Евгений СТЫЧКИН) ...Khobotov
Aleksey VERTKOV (Алексей ВЕРТКОВ) ...Gromov
Aleksey ZHARKOV (Алексей ЖАРКОВ) ...ancien médecin chef
 
Cinematography : Aleksandr_4 KUZNETSOV (Александр_4 КУЗНЕЦОВ)
Production design : Lyudmila KUSAKOVA (Людмила КУСАКОВА)
Music : Yevgeni KADIMSKY (Евгений КАДИМСКИЙ)
Editing : Irina KOZHEMIAKINA (Ирина КОЖЕМЯКИНА)
Companies : Mosfilm
Film revenue in Russia : 0.116 million dollars
Release Date in Russia : 24/06/2009
 
Sites : palata6.mosfilm.ru/, trailer
Release date in France : 2010-05-05, Site

Awards :
Best directing Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2010
First prize Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2010
Best actor Vladimir ILIN , Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2010
Best actor Vladimir ILIN , Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2009
Best actor Vladimir ILIN , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2009

Plot synopsis
The story is based on a real life incident and centers around the head doctor of an asylum who winds up as the asylum patient. Lonely, estranged, reflecting Doctor Andrey Ragin is one of the focal characters in the work of Chekhov and the entire world literature of the 20th century.
The screenplay is an adaptation of Chekhov’s story. Preserving the story-line the authors deliberately move the scene into the present.
 

commentaries
6 интересных фактов о фильме «Палата №6», Dom Kino, 2018
Salle n° 6 - Tchekhov : l'internement d'un directeur d'asile, Jean-Luc DOUIN, lemonde.fr, 2010
Karen Shakhnazarov : Ward No. 6 (Palata No. 6, 2009), José ALANIZ, kinokultura.com, 2010
Karen Shakhnazarov : Ward No. 6 (Palata No. 6, 2009) (2), Lars KRISTENSEN, kinokultura.com, 2010
Tchekhov jusqu'à la folie [A propos du film Salle N°6], Marie-Noëlle TRANCHANT, lefigaro.fr, 2010
Палата № 6 Карена Шахназарова, Нина АСТАШКИНА, be-in.ru, 2009
Палата №6 [фильм ШАХНАЗАРОВА], megacritic.ru, 2009
Longing for the Old Days and Looking for Meaning Ward No. 6 Directed by Aleksandr Gornovskiy, Karen Shakhnazarov, Stephen Holden, nytimes.com, 2009
 
Shooting of the film was done in a real asylum, in a novel semi-documentary manner.
The screenplay of “Ward No. 6” was written in 1988 by Karen Shakhnazarov and Alexander Borodyansky, but the project was stopped due to difference of opinions with the Italian producers.
Marcello Mastroianni was to act Andrey Ragin.
The main scenes of the film were shot in the functioning mental home located in ancient Nikolo-Poshehonsky monastery in the vicinity of Moscow.
The film was shot in record time: from the November 5th to the December 2nd, 2008.
Source : mosfilm.ru

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2020
- Days of Russian cinema, Aix les Bains (France), 2015
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2013
- Internet-festival "Rossiskaya Gazeta" Dubl DV@, Different cities (Russia), 2013
- Cinéma russe avec Cannes-Cinéma au Miramar, Cannes (France), 2012
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2011
- Yerevan International Film Festival "Golden Apricot", Yerevan (Armenia), 2010
- International Film Festival "Love is Folly", Varna (Bulgaria), 2010
- Sofia International Film Festival, Sofia (Bulgaria), 2010
- Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2010
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2010
- Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy-Lorraine, Nancy (France), 2010
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2010
- Paris Russian Film Festival, Paris (France), 2010
- Rencontres du cinéma européen, Vannes (France), 2010
- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 2010-05-05
- Année croisée France-Russia, Different cities (France), 2010
- Russian Film Festival, Orléans (France), 2010
- The Dublin International Film Festival, Dublin (Ireland), 2010
- Tromso International Film Festival : TIFF, Tromso (Norway), 2010
- Oporto International Film Festival, Porto (Portugal), 2010
- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2010
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2010
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2010
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2010
- Belgrade International Film Festival, Belgrade (Serbia), 2010
- Russian film festival in Sweden 'KinoRiurik', Stockholm (Sweden), 2010
- Fribourg International Film Festival, Fribourg (Switzerland), 2010
- Days of the russian cinema in Tunisia, Tunis / Sousse / Hammamet (Tunisia), 2010
- Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs (USA), 2010
- Clevelant International Film Festival, Cleveland (USA), 2010
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2009
- Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo (Brazil ), 2009
- World Film Festival, Montreal (Canada), 2009
- Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo (Egypt), 2009
- Helsinki International Film Festival, Helsinki (Finland), 2009
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2009
- Le Septième Art a une histoire. Cinéma russe, un week-end d'inédits, Nice (France), 2009
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2009
- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2009
- Jerusalem International Film Festival, Jerusalem (Israel), 2009
- Busan International Film Festival : BIFF, Busan (Pusan) (Korea, South), 2009
- Russian Film Festival, Riga (Latvia), 2009
- Festival of New Russian Films, Vilnius (Lithuania), 2009
- "Go Russia". Focus on New Russian Cinema, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), 2009
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2009
- Days of Russian Film in Bucharest, Bucharest (Romania), 2009
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2009
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2009
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2009
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2009
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2009
- Cinema and Theater Festival ''Autumn of Love'', Blagoveshchensk (Russia), 2009
- Damascus International Film Festival, Damascus (Syria), 2009
- Russian Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2009

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