Dmitry MESKHIEV
Дмитрий МЕСХИЕВ
Dmitri MESKHIEV
Russia, 1997, 90mn 
Colour, fiction
Amerikanka
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Американка

 

 The American Bet

 L'Américaine

 
Directed by : Dmitry MESKHIEV (Дмитрий МЕСХИЕВ)
Writing credits : Yuri KOROTKOV (Юрий КОРОТКОВ)
 
Cast
Oxana BASILEVICH (Оксана БАЗИЛЕВИЧ) ...Antonina
Viktor BYCHKOV (Виктор БЫЧКОВ) ...Le criminel Tretiakov
Natalia_2 DANILOVA (Наталья_2 ДАНИЛОВА) ...Tania
Yuri KUZNETSOV (Юрий КУЗНЕЦОВ)
Nina USATOVA (Нина УСАТОВА) ...Matilda
Sergey_2 VASILYEV (Сергей_2 ВАСИЛЬЕВ) ...Koliadko
 
Cinematography : Sergey MACHILSKY (Сергей МАЧИЛЬСКИЙ)
Production design : Natalya KOCHERGINA (Наталия КОЧЕРГИНА)
Music : Irina TSESLYUKEVICH (Ирина ЦЕСЛЮКЕВИЧ)
Sound : Konstantin ZARIN (Константин ЗАРИН)
Produced by : Viktor GLUKHOV (Виктор ГЛУХОВ), Yelena YATSURA (Елена ЯЦУРА)
Companies : Lenfilm, Goskino
Release Date in Russia : 23/01/1998
 

Plot synopsis
The early 1970-s. Liosha Kolyadko, in his ninth year of school, lives in a provincial town with his elder brother and sister. His brother dies in a motorcycle crash... Liosha's personal tragedy is further complicated by his old and secret love for his dead brother's girlfriend Tanya. For her, his first love, he is willing to do anything — including the most crazy “feats”...
Source : www.lenfilm.ru
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1998