Aleksey UCHITEL
Алексей УЧИТЕЛЬ
Alekseï OUTCHITEL
Russia / Bulgaria, 2000, 120mn 
Colour, fiction
His Wife's Diary
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Дневник его жены

 

 Le Journal de sa femme

 Dnevnik ego zheny

 
Directed by : Aleksey UCHITEL (Алексей УЧИТЕЛЬ)
Writing credits : Avdotya SMIRNOVA (Авдотья СМИРНОВА)
 
Cast
Olga BUDINA (Ольга БУДИНА) ...Galina Plotnikova
Dina KORZUN (Дина КОРЗУН)
Yevgeni MIRONOV (Евгений МИРОНОВ) ...Leonid Gourov
Yelena MOROZOVA (Елена МОРОЗОВА) ...Marga Kovtoun
Tatyana MOSKVINA (Татьяна МОСКВИНА) ...Sonia
Nikolay SAMONOV (Николай САМОНОВ)
Andrey SMIRNOV (Андрей СМИРНОВ) ...Ivan Bounine
Irina SOKOLOVA (Ирина СОКОЛОВА)
Yuri STEPANOV (Юрий СТЕПАНОВ)
Galina TIUNINA (Галина ТЮНИНА) ...Vera Nikolaevna, la femme de Bounine
Sergey VINOGRADOV (Сергей ВИНОГРАДОВ) ...Alia
 
Cinematography : Yuri KLIMENKO (Юрий КЛИМЕНКО)
Production design : Nikolay SAMONOV (Николай САМОНОВ), Vera ZELINSKAYA (Вера ЗЕЛИНСКАЯ)
Music : Leonid DESIATNIKOV (Леонид ДЕСЯТНИКОВ)
Sound : Leonid LERNER (Леонид ЛЕРНЕР)
Production : Lenfilm, Ministère de la culture (Bulgarie) / Rok
Release date in Russia : 19/10/2000
 
Sites : Allociné, IMDb
Awards :
Best feature film "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2000
Best Cinematography Yuri KLIMENKO , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2000
Best actor Andrey SMIRNOV , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2000
First prize Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2000
Deuxième prix au concours des scénarios The Harley-Merrill International Screening Competition aux USA, 1997
Prix du meilleur scénario à Milan, 2000
Grand Prix du festival "Kinotavr" à Sotchi, 2000
Plot synopsis
The film shows Bunin as a drinking egotist wholly preoccupied by his young mistress, neglecting his wife at his south of France villa and sent into a decline by the departure of his lover. He abandons his writing and takes up instead with a local woman…
 
Commentaries and bibliography
Александр Попов. От декаданса к коммерческому кино: творческий путь Алексея Учителя [A propos de l'oeuvre du réalisateur Aleksei Outchitel], Александр ПОПОВ, Kinopressa, 2023
Le journal de sa femme (2000) [d'Alekseï Outchitel], Julien MORVAN, Perestroikino, 2020
Дневник его жены [2000, Алексей Учитель], Alex EXLER, exler.ru, 2001
His Wife’s Diary (2000) [un film de Alekseï Outchitel], Eddie COCKRELL, variety.com, 2000
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian Film Festival in Niort, Niort (France), 2020
- Festival Rivages-Russie-Evénements, Nantes (France), 2016
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2016
- Festival de cinéma dans le cadre des journées européennes du livre russe, Paris (France), 2014
- Paris Russian Film Festival, Paris (France), 2010
- Days of Russian cinema in Brives La Gaillarde, Brives la Gaillarde (France), 2007
- International Film Festival "Russian Film Out of Russia", Moscow (Russia), 2007
- Days of Russian cinema in Limoges, Limoges (France), 2006
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2001
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2000
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2000
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2000
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2000
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