Mikhail KOSSYREV - NESTEROV
Михаил КОСЫРЕВ - НЕСТЕРОВ
Mikhaïl KOSSYREV - NESTEROV
Russia / Cuba, 2008, 110mn 
Colour, fiction
Okean
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Океан

 

 Okean

 Océan

 
Directed by : Mikhail KOSSYREV - NESTEROV (Михаил КОСЫРЕВ - НЕСТЕРОВ)
Cinematography : Oleg LUKICHOV (Олег ЛУКИЧЕВ)
Production design : Marina ANANIEVA (Марина АНАНЬЕВА), Irina LUNINA (Ирина ЛУНИНА)
Sound : Yevgeni CHAYKO (Евгений ЧАЙКО)
Produced by : Mikhail KOSSYREV - NESTEROV (Михаил КОСЫРЕВ - НЕСТЕРОВ), Aleksey VULFOV (Алексей ВУЛЬФОВ)
Companies : Studio M-Film (Russie), ICAIC (Cuba)
Film revenue in Russia : 0.014 million dollars
 

Awards :
Best first film Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2008
Special Jury prize International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2008

Note :
Actors :
George Luis CASTRO (Джордж Луис КАСТРО)
Monse Duane GONZALEZ (Монсе Дуане ГОНСАЛЕС)
Alina Rodriguez RUIZ (Алина Родригес РУИС)
Janasi Ordonez DANA (Янаси Ордонес ДАНА)
Nardo Mestre FLORES (Нардо Местре ФЛОРЕС)

Plot synopsis
Joel, the eldest brother in a poor family of Cuban fishermen falls in love with a girl named Marisel. But the girl's family wants amore prosperous husband to her - a border-guard. Hoping to start a new life, Joel sets off for Havana.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2009
- Santa Barbara International Film Festial : SBIFF, Santa Barbara (USA), 2009
- Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo (Brazil ), 2008
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2008
- Tokyo International Film Festival : TIFF, Tokyo (Japan), 2008
- International Film Festival “The East and the West Classics and Avant-Guard”, Orenburg (Russia), 2008
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2008
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2008
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2008
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2008