Vadim DERBENYOV
Вадим ДЕРБЕНЕВ
Vadim DERBENIOV
Vyacheslav KOTENOCHKIN
Вячеслав КОТЕНОЧКИН
Viatcheslav KOTENOTCHKINE
USSR (Moldavia), 1962, 71mn 
Colour, black and white, fiction
Journey to the April
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Путешествие в апрель

 

 Voyage en avril

 Puteshestvie v aprel

 
Directed by : Vadim DERBENYOV (Вадим ДЕРБЕНЕВ), Vyacheslav KOTENOCHKIN (Вячеслав КОТЕНОЧКИН)
Writing credits : Aureliu BUSUYOK (Аурелиу БУСУЙОК), Leonid RUTITSKY (Леонид РУТИЦКИЙ), Dmitry VASILIU (Дмитрий ВАСИЛИУ)
 
Cast
Rolan BYKOV (Ролан БЫКОВ)
Trifon GRUZIN (Трифон ГРУЗИН)
Konstantin KONSTANTINOV (Константин КОНСТАНТИНОВ)
Aleksandra NAZAROVA (Александра НАЗАРОВА)
Raisa NEDASHKOVSKAYA (Раиса НЕДАШКОВСКАЯ) ...Mariya
Ion UNGUREANU (Ион УНГУРЯНУ)
Aleksandr ZBRUEV (Александр ЗБРУЕВ) ...Kostik
 
Cinematography : Vadim DERBENYOV (Вадим ДЕРБЕНЕВ), Vitali KALASHNIKOV (Виталий КАЛАШНИКОВ), Dmitry MOTORNYY (Дмитрий МОТОРНЫЙ)
Production design : Anton MATER (Антон МАТЕР)
Music : Eduard LAZAREV (Эдуард ЛАЗАРЕВ)
Production : Moldova-Film
 

Plot synopsis
Student and journalist, was very much expected in Nizhnye Lazureny. But having betaken himself down by the river, he has went overbroad and came ashore in Verhnie Lazureny – where life was simple and where a beautiful girl Maria lived. Having known this girl the student decided not to leave this town…
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Animated film directors. Russia-USSR 1906-1991, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Moscow International Festival of Archival Films (Formerly "Belye Stolby"), Moscow (Russia), 2021
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2010