Happy Days (1991 film)

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| name = Happy Days

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| director = Aleksei Balabanov

| producer = Aleksei German

| writer = Aleksei Balabanov
Samuel Beckett

| starring = Viktor Sukhorukov

| music =

| cinematography = Sergei Astakhov

| editing = Inna Shlyonskaya

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| released = {{film date|df=yes|1991}}

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = Soviet Union

| language = Russian

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Happy Days ({{langx|ru|Счастливые дни}}, translit. Schastlivye dni) is a 1991 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksei Balabanov. It was Balabanov's feature film debut. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/56/year/1992.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Happy Days |accessdate=16 August 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}

Plot

The film portrays a desolate St. Petersburg, with peeling windows in ancient, sparsely inhabited buildings, and empty trams traveling aimlessly through deserted streets. Wandering alone through this bleak landscape is an unnamed man with no memory, no past, and no friends. The rare individuals he encounters address him differently—some call him Sergey Sergeyevich, others Peter. A delicate blonde woman he meets at a snow-covered cemetery calls him Boris and claims to be expecting his child. Each person he meets demands something from him, but his only desire is to find a room where he can live, however, even this modest goal proves to be unattainable.

Cast

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External links

{{imdb title|id=0102851|title=Happy Days}}

Category:1991 films

Category:1990s Russian-language films

Category:1991 drama films

Category:Films directed by Aleksei Balabanov

Category:Soviet black-and-white films

Category:Adaptations of works by Samuel Beckett

Category:Russian-language drama films