Mark ZAKHAROV Марк ЗАХАРОВ Marc ZAKHAROV   USSR, 1983   fiction

Juno et Avos ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Юнона и Авось    Juno et Avos  Yunona i Avos

Plot synopsis

Based on a true story.1806, two Russian sailing ships, Juno and Avos, come to Spanish California. There, captain of the Avos Count Rezanov falls in love with the daughter of the Governor. They are secretly engaged. But duty calls Count to Russia. On the way back to Saint-Petersburg he dies of pneumonia. Conchita waits for him for 35 years. Learning at last that he is dead she becomes a nun.

Selected in the following festivals :

- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2011

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