Раневская

Everything here sounds like the drawn-out finale of a play, when the curtain has already fallen, but the heart still holds applause. The words are full of bitter fatigue, in them cigarette smoke mixes with a plea for silence and a desire to disappear ‘behind the baseboard.’ The music stretches thickly, like the night with the moon in the window - a faithful friend and silent witness to loneliness. In this song, tragedy and irony coexist so closely that it is unclear whether it is a cry or a sarcastic remark from an actor who is tired of playing.

Music and lyrics by Alexei Dmitrievich Romanov

Starring:

Akmal' sister Velskaya Olga, mother Fokina Yulia, Akmal' as a child Belyaev Alexei, sister as a child Romanova Nina

Cast:

jury chairman Romanov Alexei, artist's director Galkina Anastasia, jury Novikova Nadezhda, Vera Kapran, friends Alexandra Kurtova, Anna Tsipis, Ivan Kurgalin, Olga Kotova

Director: Denis Boivanov

Cinematographer: Denis Boivanov

Executive producer: Kristina Lukoyanova

Screenwriter, co-director: Ilya Golovkin

Production designer: Marina Rzhanova

Directors: Maxim Ivanov, Egor Belousov, German Shevelev, Kirill Erin

Second cameraman: Nikita Leontiev

Gaffer: Peter Gorodnichev

Assistant Gaffer: Vladimir Sakovets

Second Director: Alexei Sakharov

Focus and Camera Mechanic: Viktor Korochkin

Administrator: Alexander Lukoyanov, Alexander Ivashkin, Alexander Ivashkin

Makeup Artist: Irina Gavrilina

Costume Designer: Janet Temurkaeva

Assistant costume designer: Denis Bulgakov

Colourist: Evgeny Ivakine

Editing director: Denis Boivanov

VFX/cleanup: Davlat Zokhidov

Title design: Anna Prusakova

In partnership with Anastasia Galkina and Olga Kotova