Jump to content

The Year of the Dog (film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Year of the Dog
Film poster
Directed bySemyon Aranovich
Written byZoya Kudrya
Produced bySemyon Aranovich
StarringIgor Sklyar
CinematographyYuri Shajgardanov
Edited byTamara Guseva
Release date
  • February 1994 (1994-02)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

The Year of the Dog (Russian: Год собаки, romanizedGod sobaki) is a 1994 Russian romantic drama film directed by Semyon Aranovich. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.[1]

Plot

[edit]

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Vera does not leave him. At that moment three looters come to the territory.

Cast

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1994 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
[edit]