Andrey ESHPAJ jr.
Андрей ЭШПАЙ мл.
Andreï ECHPAI jr.
Russia, 2008, 109mn 
Colour, fiction
Sobytie
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Событие

 

 The Event

 L'Evénement

 
Directed by : Andrey ESHPAJ jr. (Андрей ЭШПАЙ мл.)
Writing credits : Andrey ESHPAJ jr. (Андрей ЭШПАЙ мл.)
 
Cast
Sergey DREYDEN (Сергей ДРЕЙДЕН)
Igor GORDIN (Игорь ГОРДИН) ...Le mari de Lioubov
Zoya KAYDANOVSKAYA (Зоя КАЙДАНОВСКАЯ)
Chulpan KHAMATOVA (Чулпан ХАМАТОВА) ...Lioubov
Sergey PERELYGIN (Сергей ПЕРЕЛЫГИН)
Yevgeniya SIMONOVA (Евгения СИМОНОВА) ...La mère de Lioubov
Yevgeni TSYGANOV (Евгений ЦЫГАНОВ)
 
Cinematography : Shandor BERKESHI (Шандор БЕРКЕШИ)
Production design : Olga OSIPOVA (Ольга ОСИПОВА), Sergey YAKUNIN (Сергей ЯКУНИН)
Sound : Yevgeniya POTOVSKAIA (Евгения ПОТОВСКАЯ)
Produced by : Andrey ESHPAJ jr. (Андрей ЭШПАЙ мл.)
Companies : Studio Demarsh
Release Date in Russia : 2009
 

Plot synopsis
The movie is based on the eponymous play by Vladimir Nabokov. «The Event» tells the story of a painter Troscheikin, his wife, her mother and sister living in some provincial Russian-speaking Western town or community. The return to town of a certain Mr.Barbashin shatters the monotony of family life. Five years earlier in a bout of jealousy he shot Troscheikin and his wife and promised to “finish them off ” upon his release from jail…
 

commentaries
Andrei Eshpai : The Event (Sobytie, 2007), Christine ENGEL, kinokultura.com, 2009
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2010
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2009
- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2009
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2009
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2009
- Russian Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2009

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