The Bottomless Bag

{{Infobox film

| name = The Bottomless Bag

| image = The Bottomless Bag.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Rustam Khamdamov

| writer = Rustam Khamdamov

| producer = Lyubov Obminyanaya
Rustam Khamdamov
Tikhon Pendyurin

| starring = Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Sergey Koltakov

| cinematography = Tim Lobov
Pyotr Dukhovskoy

| editing =

| music = Dmitry Kurlyandsky
Edward Elgar

| distributor = Rustam Hamdamov Studio
Andrei Konchalovsky's Film Company

| released = {{film date|2017|06|26|Moscow International Film Festival}}

| runtime = 104 minutes

| country = Russia

| language = Russian

| budget = $2 500 000[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/1046009/ The Bottomless Bag] at the KinoPoisk

}}

The Bottomless Bag ({{langx|ru|Мешок без дна|Meshok bez dna}}) is a 2017 Russian historical drama film directed by Rustam Khamdamov.[https://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/events/meshok-bez-dna/ Информация о фильме на сайте Третьяковской галереи] The film is based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 1922 story In a Grove which takes place during the times of Tsar Alexander II.Andrei Plakhov. [https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3526787 Бриллиантовая река. На экранах — «Мешок без дна» Рустама Хамдамова] // Kommersant

Plot

The story takes place during the reign of Russian Emperor Alexander II. The maid of honor of princely palace tells prince a fairy tale that occurs in the XIII century and tells about the mystical murder of prince in the forest. The participants in the story, witnesses of this crime, tell different versions of the incident, which are different from what actually happened.

Cast

Svetlana Nemolyaeva as Lady-in-waiting[http://vm.ru/news/395426.html Светлана Немоляева о новом фильме «Мешок без дна»: Приходилось перебарывать себя, переступать через некоторые вещи] // Vechernyaya Moskva
Sergey Koltakov as Grand Prince[https://iz.ru/694584/andrei-tumanov/meshok-bez-dna-napolnilsia-nechaiannymi-radostiami «Мешок без дна» наполнился нечаянными радостями]
Anna Mikhalkova as Empress
Andrey Kuzichev as Prince
Kirill Pletnyov as robber
Alla Demidova as Baba Yaga
Yevgeny Tkachuk as guard

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! colspan=6 style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Awards and nominations
Award ! Year ! Category ! Nominee ! Result ! Note
rowspan="3" \|Moscow International Film Festival \| rowspan="3" \|2017 \|Russian Film Critics Award \|Rustam Khamdamov \|{{won}} \| rowspan="3" \|[http://39.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff39/news/?id=689 Призы 39-го Московского кинофестиваля]
Special Jury Award \|Rustam Khamdamov \|{{won}}
Golden St. George \| \|{{nom}}
rowspan="4" \|Russian Guild of Film Critics \| rowspan="4" \|2017 \|Best Production Designer \|Irina Ochina \|{{won}} \| rowspan="4" \|{{cite web\|url=http://kinopressa.ru/w_el-2017\|title=Номинанты и призёры Национальной премии кинокритики и кинопрессы \|publisher=kinopressa.ru\|accessdate=2018-01-05\|lang=}}
Best Film \| \|{{nom}}
Best Director \| Rustam Khamdamov \|{{nom}}
Best Actress \| Svetlana Nemolyaeva \|{{nom}}
Golden Eagle Award \|2018 \|Best Supporting Actress \|Anna Mikhalkova \|{{nom}} \|
Asia Pacific Screen Awards \|2017 \|Best Cinematography \|Tim Lobov Pyotr Dukhovskoy \|{{win}} \|
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema \|2018 \|Best Feature Film — Avant-Garde and Genre \|Rustam Khamdamov \|{{nom}} \|

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! colspan=6 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Awards and nominations

Award

! Year

! Category

! Nominee

! Result

! Note

rowspan="3" |Moscow International Film Festival

| rowspan="3" |2017

|Russian Film Critics Award

|Rustam Khamdamov

|{{won}}

| rowspan="3" |[http://39.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff39/news/?id=689 Призы 39-го Московского кинофестиваля]

Special Jury Award

|Rustam Khamdamov

|{{won}}

Golden St. George

|{{nom}}

rowspan="4" |Russian Guild of Film Critics

| rowspan="4" |2017

|Best Production Designer

|Irina Ochina

|{{won}}

| rowspan="4" |{{cite web|url=http://kinopressa.ru/w_el-2017|title=Номинанты и призёры Национальной премии кинокритики и кинопрессы |publisher=kinopressa.ru|accessdate=2018-01-05|lang=}}

Best Film

|{{nom}}

Best Director

| Rustam Khamdamov

|{{nom}}

Best Actress

| Svetlana Nemolyaeva

|{{nom}}

Golden Eagle Award

|2018

|Best Supporting Actress

|Anna Mikhalkova