Andrey SMIRNOV
Андрей СМИРНОВ
Andreï SMIRNOV
Russia, 2011, 156mn 
Colour, fiction
Zhila-byla odna baba
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Жила-была одна баба

 

 There once lived a simple woman

 Il était une fois une bonne femme

 
Directed by : Andrey SMIRNOV (Андрей СМИРНОВ)
Writing credits : Andrey SMIRNOV (Андрей СМИРНОВ)
 
Cast
Vladislav ABASHIN (Владислав АБАШИН ) ...Ivan
Aleksandr ARAVUSHKIN (Александр АРАВУШКИН)
Aleksandr_3 BORISOV (Александр_3 БОРИСОВ)
Daria EKAMASOVA (Дарья ЕКАМАСОВА) ...Varvara
Yevdokiya GERMANOVA (Евдокия ГЕРМАНОВА) ...Feklusha
Roman MADIANOV (Роман МАДЯНОВ) ...Baranchik
Nina RUSLANOVA (Нина РУСЛАНОВА) ...Kryachikha
Vsevolod SHILOVSKY (Всеволод ШИЛОВСКИЙ) ...Father Eremey
 
Cinematography : Nikolay IVASIV (Николай ИВАСИВ), Yuri SHAIGARDANOV (Юрий ШАЙГАРДАНОВ)
Production design : Vladimir GUDILIN (Владимир ГУДИЛИН)
Sound : Andrey KHUDIAKOV (Андрей ХУДЯКОВ)
Produced by : Andrey SMIRNOV (Андрей СМИРНОВ)
Companies : REKUN-cinema (РЕКУН-синема)
Film revenue in Russia : 0.5071 million dollars
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Third Award Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
Prize of the Festival President "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2011
Best actress Daria EKAMASOVA , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2011
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Aleksey SEREBRIAKOV , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2011
Best feature film "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2011
Best actress Daria EKAMASOVA , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2011
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Roman MADIANOV , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2011
Best Screenplay Andrey SMIRNOV , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2011
Best Set Decoration Vladimir GUDILIN , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2011

Plot synopsis
World War I, the Russian Revolution, Civil War and famine ripped apart the Russian Village. Peasants who refused to obey the new authorities found themselves dispossessed of their land, property and, all too often, their lives. Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman tells the brutal story of Russia’s suffering during the darkest pages of its history as seen through the life, loves and tragic fate of Varvara, a simple Russian woman. A gripping historical drama that shows with epic authority man’s inhumanity to man.
 

commentaries
ДОМ, В КОТОРОМ МЫ ЖИВЁМ. (О фильмах Жила-была одна баба А.Смирнова и Дом О.Погодина), Федерация киноклубов России, 2013
Andrei Smirnov : Once There Lived a Simple Woman (Zhila-byla odna baba, 2011), Anindita BANERJEE, kinokultura.com, 2012
Жила-была одна баба, Andrey SMIRNOV, Сеанс, 2011
Смотрим фильм — читаем книгу [О фильме Жила-была одна баба, Andrey SMIRNOV, seance.ru, 2011
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2022
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2014
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2012
- Days of Russian cinema in Limoges, Limoges (France), 2012
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2012
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2012
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2011
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2011
- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2011
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2011
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2011
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2011
- International Festival of Contemporary Cinema «Zavtra / 2morrow», Moscow (Russia), 2011
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2011

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