Cloud-Paradise
{{Infobox film
| name = Cloud-Paradise
| image = Cloud-Paradise.jpg
| caption = French film poster
| director = Nikolai Dostal
| producer = Alexander Mikhailov
| starring = Andrei Zhigalov
Sergey Batalov
Irina Rozanova
| cinematography = Yuri Nevsky
Pyotr Serebryakov
| music = Alexander Goldstein
| country = Soviet Union
| language = Russian
| runtime = 79 minutes
| released = {{Film date|1990}}
}}
Cloud-Paradise ({{langx|ru|Облако-рай|Oblako-ray}}) is a 1990 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Nikolai Dostal. It was voted best film of 1992 by 90 Russian critics.{{cite book|first1=Michael |last1=Brashinsky|first2=Andrew |last2=Horton|title=Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=AAl3jHUVBpoC|page=8}}|date=30 September 1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-44475-0|page=8}}
Plot
In a small provincial town, early in the morning, Kolya encounters his friend Fedya, wearily and indifferently. Wanting to attract attention, Kolya says that he is going to leave, ostensibly, to the Far East. His decision wins unanimous support. Kolya becomes a local hero, all the neighbors assist in his training. Kolya sells his furniture off, writes a resignation letter and leaves his hometown on a bus. He is on his way to nowhere.
Cast
- Andrei Zhigalov as Kolya
- Sergey Batalov as Fedya
- Irina Rozanova as Valya, Fedya's wife
- Alla Kliouka as Natalia
- Anna Ovsyannikova as Tatiana Ivanovna, Natalia's mother
- Vladimir Tolokonnikov as Felomeev
- Lev Borisov as Philipp Makarovich, neighbor
- Aleksandr Chislov as mate of Felomeev
Awards and nominations
- Prize For the destruction of a barrier between your favorite movies and cinema for all at the first festival Kinotavr in 1991.
- Golden Aries Award in 1992
- Silver Leopard Special Grand Jury Prize and Second Prize and youth jury prize of the International Confederation of experimental film in the Locarno International Film Festival in 1991{{cite web|url=http://archive.pardo.ch/details.do?methodcall=filmDetails&oc=237718|title=OBLAKO-RAI|work=Locarno International Film Festival|access-date=2016-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009235027/http://archive.pardo.ch/details.do?methodcall=filmDetails&oc=237718|archive-date=2016-10-09|url-status=dead}}
- Grand Prix II MFEC (France)
- Special Jury Prize cast of young actors in the 1991 Geneva Film Festival
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|102574}}
Category:1990 comedy-drama films
Category:1990s Russian-language films
Category:Soviet comedy-drama films
Category:Russian-language comedy-drama films
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