Aleksey UCHITEL
Алексей УЧИТЕЛЬ
Alekseï OUTCHITEL
Russia, 2003, 90mn 
Colour, fiction
Progulka
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Прогулка

 

 The Stroll / The Walk

 La Promenade

 
Directed by : Aleksey UCHITEL (Алексей УЧИТЕЛЬ)
Writing credits : Avdotya SMIRNOVA (Авдотья СМИРНОВА)
 
Cast
Yevgeni GRISHKOVETS (Евгений ГРИШКОВЕЦ)
Polina KUTEPOVA (Полина КУТЕПОВА)
Irina PEGOVA (Ирина ПЕГОВА)
Kirill PIROGOV (Кирилл ПИРОГОВ) ...Le bourreau
Yuri STEPANOV (Юрий СТЕПАНОВ)
Galina TIUNINA (Галина ТЮНИНА)
Yevgeni TSYGANOV (Евгений ЦЫГАНОВ)
 
Cinematography : Yuri KLIMENKO (Юрий КЛИМЕНКО), Pavel KOSTOMAROV (Павел КОСТОМАРОВ)
Production design : Yevgeni MITTA (Евгений МИТТА)
Sound : Kirill VASILENKO (Кирилл ВАСИЛЕНКО)
Produced by : Aleksey UCHITEL (Алексей УЧИТЕЛЬ)
Companies : Rock Films
 

Awards :
Best actress Irina PEGOVA , Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2004
First prize "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2003
Best actress Irina PEGOVA , "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2003
Prix de la Fédération des ciné-clubs de Russie, 2003
Prix spécial du jury et prix de la FIPRESCI au Festival du cinéma est-européen à Kottbus, 2003

Plot synopsis
A seductive twenty-year-old girl strolls along the streets of St. Petersburg. She encounters a young man, who is attracted to her. He introduces her to his friend whom she seems to quite like. Along their way they laugh and make fun of each other and the passers by.
The boys are in for a surprise when later that evening the three of them meet the girl’s wealthy friend.
Source : www.intercinema.ru
 

commentaries
Александр Попов. От декаданса к коммерческому кино: творческий путь Алексея Учителя [A propos de l'oeuvre du réalisateur Aleksei Outchitel], Александр ПОПОВ, Kinopressa, 2023
Кино в Петербурге. Петербург в кино, Anna KOVALOVA, seance.ru, 2011
Aleksei Uchitel: The Stroll (Progulka) (2003), David MACFADYEN, kinokultura.com, 2004
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2022
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2016
- Festival de cinéma dans le cadre des journées européennes du livre russe, Paris (France), 2014
- Russian film festival in Ajaccio, Ajaccio (France), 2014
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2014
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2012
- Europe around Europe, Paris (France), 2011
- Moscow, St-Petersburg : two faces of Russia, Paris (France), 2010
- Rabat International Film Festival, Rabat (Morocco), 2009
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2009
- Days of Russian cinema in Limoges, Limoges (France), 2006
- Russian film festival in Sweden 'KinoRiurik', Stockholm (Sweden), 2006
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2004
- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2004
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2003
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2003
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2003
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2003
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2003
- Russian Film Week in New York, New York (USA), 2003