Georgi DANELIYA
Георгий ДАНЕЛИЯ
Gueorgui DANELIA
USSR / France, 1990, 103mn 
Colour, fiction
Passport
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Паспорт

 

 Passeport

 Pasport

 
Directed by : Georgi DANELIYA (Георгий ДАНЕЛИЯ)
Writing credits : Georgi DANELIYA (Георгий ДАНЕЛИЯ), Rezo GABRIADZE (Резо ГАБРИАДЗЕ), Arkadi KHAYT (Аркадий ХАЙТ)
 
Cast
Gerard DARMON (Жерар ДАРМОН) ... Merab / Yacha
Armen DZHIGARKHANYAN (Армен ДЖИГАРХАНЯН) ...Semion
Levan GABRIADZE (Леван ГАБРИАДЗЕ)
Natalia GUNDAREVA (Наталья ГУНДАРЕВА) ...Inga, femme du frère Yacha de Merab
Veronika IZOTOVA (Вероника ИЗОТОВА)
Mamuka KIKALEYSHVILI (Мамука КИКАЛЕЙШВИЛИ) ...Marchand
Igor KVASHA (Игорь КВАША) ...Le rabbin
Yevgeni LEONOV (Евгений ЛЕОНОВ) ...Gardien de l'ambassade
Guram LORDKIPANIDZE (Гурам ЛОРДКИПАНИДЗЕ)
Roman MADIANOV (Роман МАДЯНОВ) ...Un passager
Oleg YANKOVSKY (Олег ЯНКОВСКИЙ) ...Boris, de surnom 'Paris'
Leonid YARMOLNIK (Леонид ЯРМОЛЬНИК) ...Dod
 
Cinematography : Vadim YUSOV (Вадим ЮСОВ)
Production design : Emmanuel AMRAMI (Эммануэль АМРАМИ), Dmitry TAKAISHVILI (Дмитрий ТАКАИШВИЛИ)
Music : Giya KANCHELY (Гия КАНЧЕЛИ)
Sound : Aleksandr POGOSIAN (Александр ПОГОСЯН)
Production : Mosfilm, Ritm, Passeport-Production
 

Awards :
Best Screenplay Georgi DANELIYA , Rezo GABRIADZE , Arkadi KHAYT , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1991
Best Cinematography Vadim YUSOV , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1991
Best actor Oleg YANKOVSKY , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1991
Grand Prix du Festival d'Odessa, 1990
Prix Nika du meileur scénario et de la meilleure image, et du meilleur rôle masculin à Oleg Yankovski, 1991
Prix Armarcord pour Gueorgui Danelia au Festival de Rome, 1996
Prix national de la Russie à Gueorgui Danelia, 1996

Plot synopsis
A comedy-dramatic story about the adventures of taximan Merab Papashvily who happened to get to Israel instead of his paternal brother Yakov, a children’s chorus choirmaster. Since the first day abroad he searches for a way to get back home. This way is full of miseries, adventures and comedy situations.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Georgi Danelia: Passport (Pasport, 1990), Julie CHRISTENSEN, Kinokultura, 2022
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1991

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