Karen OGANESYAN
Карен ОГАНЕСЯН
Karen OGANESSIAN
Russia, 2011, 101mn 
Colour, fiction
Pyat nevest
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Пять невест

 

 Five Brides

 Cinq fiancées

 
Directed by : Karen OGANESYAN (Карен ОГАНЕСЯН)
Writing credits : Sergey KALUZHANOV (Сергей КАЛУЖАНОВ), Yuri KOROTKOV (Юрий КОРОТКОВ), Irina PIVOVAROVA (Ирина ПИВОВАРОВА)
 
Cast
Danila KOZLOVSKY (Данила КОЗЛОВСКИЙ) ...Aleksey Kaverich
Yelizaveta BOIARSKAIA (Елизавета БОЯРСКАЯ) ...Zoya
Kseniya ROMENKOVA (Ксения РОМЕНКОВА)
Irina PEGOVA (Ирина ПЕГОВА)
Yulia PERESILD (Юлия ПЕРЕСИЛЬД)
Svetlana KHODCHENKOVA (Светлана ХОДЧЕНКОВА)
Aleksandr LOYE (Александр ЛОЙЕ)
Aleksey DMITRIEV (Алексей ДМИТРИЕВ)
 
Cinematography : Ilya DIOMIN (Илья ДЕМИН)
Production design : Igor TOPILIN (Игорь ТОПИЛИН)
Music : Ilya DUKHOVNY (Илья ДУХОВНЫЙ)
Produced by : Ruben DISHDISHIAN (Рубен ДИШДИШЯН), Aleksandr MALINKOVICH (Александр МАЛИНКОВИЧ)
Companies : Central Partnership, Solo-Film
 

Awards :
Second Audience Award "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2011

Plot synopsis
May, 1945. The whole country is rejoicing and making plans for a new life after war. The happy, victorious soldiers who have reached Berlin dream of returning home as heroes. But they will not be released so soon…The brave fighter pilots Vadik, Lyosha, Garik, Vanya and Misha are very upset by this circumstance. After all, in their absence, all the pretty girls might be taken. Lyosha Caverin is lucky – he was assigned to a mission which takes him home. His friends come up with an adventurous plan: Lyosha must find brides for his friends and marry them himself, but use their certificates. He has 24 hours to do everything.
 

commentaries
Karen Oganesian: Five Brides (Piat’ nevest, 2011), Frederick CORNEY, kinokultura.com, 2012
5 fiancées / Пять невест (2011) néo soviéticon *, Emmanuel GRYNSZPAN, grincine.blogspot.com, 2011
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2012
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2011
- Comic Film Festival "Ulybnis, Rossiya", Moscow (Russia), 2011
- International Film Festival : Pacific Meridians, Vladivostok (Russia), 2011
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2011
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2011
- Odessa International Film Festival, Odessa (Ukraine), 2011

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