How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea

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In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.

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Languages: Russian

Director: Vasili Pichul

Starring Cast: Aleksei Zharkov, Natalya Negoda, Aleksandr Mironov, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Aleksandr Lenkov, Andrey Sokolov

Cast

Aleksei Zharkov

Евгений Степанович Иванов, 50-летний аферист

Natalya Negoda

Elena Igorevna Fomkina, student of the financial academy

Aleksandr Mironov

лейтенант милиции Кондаков

Anastasiya Vertinskaya

Дуня Фомкина, мать Лены

Aleksandr Lenkov

Игорь Иванович, отец Лены

Andrey Sokolov

Борис, сын Степаныча, фотограф

Anna Tikhonova

Жанна Фролова, продавец в универмаге

Grigori Manukov

Олег Стрельников, сын артиста, врач

Vatslav Dvorzhetsky

Фёдор Фёдорович Стрельников, актёр-юбиляр

Igor Zolotovitsky

Александр Губанищев

Aleksandr Negreba

Петр Зарамушкин, директор театра

Ervand Arzumanyan

Ашот Арамович

Nadezhda Markina

Соня, жена Олега Стрельникова

Sofya Pavlova

Любовь Сергеевна, жена Фёдора Фёдоровича

Mariya Selyanskaya

Марина, подружка Лены

Levan Mskhiladze

Саша, бывший жених Лены

Marina Tarasova

судья

Svetlana Masko

Ида Марковна

Yuriy Nazarov

Юрий Владимирович, стекольщик

Larisa Borushko

невеста Губанищева

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