Vadim ABDRASHITOV
Вадим АБДРАШИТОВ
Vadim ABDRACHITOV
Russia, 1995, 103mn 
Colour, fiction
Pyesa dlya pasazhira
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Пьеса для пассажира

 

 Play for a Passenger

 Une pièce pour un passager

 
Directed by : Vadim ABDRASHITOV (Вадим АБДРАШИТОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksandr MINDADZE (Александр МИНДАДЗЕ)
 
Cast
Yuri BELIAEV (Юрий БЕЛЯЕВ) ...Batia
Igor LIVANOV (Игорь ЛИВАНОВ) ... Nikolaï
Sergey MAKOVETSKY (Сергей МАКОВЕЦКИЙ) ...Oleg
Oxana MYSINA (Оксана МЫСИНА) ...Inna
Nelly SELEZNEVA (Нелли СЕЛЕЗНЕВА) ...Olga
Irina SIDOROVA (Ирина СИДОРОВА) ...Marina
 
Cinematography : Yuri NEVSKY (Юрий НЕВСКИЙ)
Production design : Vladimir ERMAKOV (Владимир ЕРМАКОВ), Aleksandr TOLKACHOV (Александр ТОЛКАЧЕВ)
Music : Viktor LEBEDEV (Виктор ЛЕБЕДЕВ)
Sound : Liliya TEREKHOVSKAIA (Лилия ТЕРЕХОВСКАЯ)
Companies : Mosfilm, Ark-Film / Roskomkino
Release Date in Russia : 28/01/1995
 

Awards :
Silver Bear Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1995

Plot synopsis
Former convict meets the judge who framed him. Sense of injustice exists in the hero and wakens revenge in his heart. For the sake of idea he is ready to sacrifice his business, wife and friend. The sophisticated game he started comes to a tragic end for him and late recovery of sight for the judge.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian or Soviet films awarded at Berlin, Cannes or Venice, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2010
- FEMA / La Rochelle International Film Festival, La Rochelle (France), 1995
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 1995
- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1995
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1995
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1995