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How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea

38 %|Mar 25, 1989|Comedy, Romance

In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.

Featured Crew

Vasili Pichul
Director
Mariya Khmelik
Writer
Elena Zabolotskaya
Editor
Nikolai Terekhov
Production Design
Mark Levin
Producer
Pavel Drozdov
Sound
Vladimir Matetsky
Original Music Composer
Nina Yermilova
Costume Design

Cast

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Natalya Negoda
Lena Fomkina
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Anastasiya Vertinskaya
Dunya Fomkina, Lena's mother
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Aleksandr Lenkov
Igor Ivanovich, Lena's father
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Anna Tikhonova
Zhanna Frolova
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Grigori Manukov
Oleg Strelnikov
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Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
Fyodor Strelnikov
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Igor Zolotovitsky
Aleksandr Gubanishchev
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Aleksandr Negreba
Pyotr Zaramushkin
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Ervand Arzumanyan
Ashot Aramovich
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Sofya Pavlova
Lyubov Sergeyevna
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Svetlana Masko
Ida Markovna
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Yuriy Nazarov
Yuri Vladimirovich
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Larisa Borushko
Gubanishchev's Bride
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Andrey Fomin
Young Film Director