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      • Day of the Full Moon (Russian: День полнолуния, romanized: Den polnoluniya) is a 1998 parable drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. It premiered on television on November 2, 1998, on TNT.


      Plot


      The film unfolds as a series of episodes from the lives of different people across various eras. It lacks a singular protagonist or a cohesive narrative thread. Instead, the movie is structured like a kaleidoscope of scenes where reality intertwines with romantic memories. The harsh, almost naturalistic visuals transform into a poetic journey through time and space.
      Set at the end of the 20th century, the film presents a collection of seemingly unrelated individuals reenacting life scenarios. Unbeknownst to them, their actions ripple through time, affecting strangers' lives.
      The film features "new Russians" caught in yet another violent conflict, a popular DJ hosting a late-night broadcast, an elderly Uzbek man explaining to his grandson where Genghis Khan is buried, a successful hitman, Princess Olshanskaya, a mysterious monk named Taisiy, an international diplomat, and even Alexander Pushkin himself, who meets a beautiful Kalmyk woman on his journey to Erzurum.


      Cast


      Anna Germ as Woman in Purple
      Andrei Panin as Captain
      Elena Koreneva as Zoya
      Vladimir Ilyin as Rebrov
      Valery Priyomykhov as Screenwriter
      Valery Storozhik as Oleg Nikolayevich, Director
      Valery Afanasyev as Yegor, Businessman
      Galina Anisimova as Vera
      Anna Sinyakina as Call Girl / Dead Princess Olshanskaya
      Filipp Yankovsky as Monk
      Nikolay Chindyaykin as Slava
      Nadezhda Vasilyeva as Borte
      Aleksei Shevchenkov as Nikolai, Waiter
      Vasily Zotov as Young Man in Restaurant
      Andrei Tsygankov as Killer
      Natalya Fateyeva as Railroad Inspector
      Fyodor Sukhov as Valera
      Efim Alexandrov as Diplomat's Friend
      Yevgeny Stychkin as A. S. Pushkin
      Villor Kuznetsov as Aged Waiter
      Andrei Lebedev as Ivanov, Foreign Minister
      Maxim Lagashkin as Guy in the Courtyard
      Oksana Timanovskaya as Irina
      Yelena Shevaldykina as Natasha from Vladivostok
      Malcolm McDowell as Train Driver (uncredited)
      Gennady Khrapunkov in a cameo
      Dmitry Osipov as Conference Speaker
      Alexander Robak as Seryoga


      Crew


      Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
      Writers: Karen Shakhnazarov, Alexander Borodyansky
      Cinematographer: Gennady Karyuk
      Composer: Anatoly Kroll
      Art Director: Lyudmila Kusakova
      Producers: Vladimir Dostal, Galina Shadur


      Awards and nominations


      Special Prize and Special Mention by the FIPRESCI jury at the 33rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic, 1998).
      Presidential Council Prize at the 9th Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival (1998).
      Nika Award for Best Screenplay to Alexander Borodyansky and Karen Shakhnazarov (1999).


      References




      External links


      Day of the Full Moon at IMDb
      Day of the Full Moon at the Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema (archived)
      Film Day of the Full Moon in the Mosfilm online cinema

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