Day of the Full Moon (1998)
Day of the Full Moon, a series of vignettes from Russia past and present, summons the spirit of Ophuls’ La Ronde, Altman’s Nashville and Short Cuts, and the time-shifting strategies of Resnais (Mon Oncle d’Amérique) to tell provocative, connected stories illustrating the waltz of years and whim of memory. In 1948, a young man, a boy, and a waiter are captivated during the full moon by a mysterious woman in a lilac dress. The effects of this event ripple across the years, washing over more than 80 characters, including a disc jockey, a fairy princess, a gangster, Alexander Pushkin, and a nostalgic dog. But which of these are dreams, and which reality? Director Shakhnazarov continues his career-long focus on the intersection of past and present with this mysterious, exhilarating mosaic of humankind, which in the end both seduces and satisfies.
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
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Anna Germ as Woman in purple |
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Andrei Panin as Captain |
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Yelena Koreneva as Zoya |
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Vladimir Ilin as Rebrov |
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Valeriy Priyomykhov as Script writer |
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Valeriy Storozhik as Director |
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Valery Afanasyev as Egor |
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Galina Anisimova as Vera |
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Anna Sinyakina as Call girl |
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Filipp Yankovsky as Monk |
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Andrey Lebedev as man from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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Olga Sidorova as |
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Igor Pismennyi as |
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Oksana Timanovskaya as |
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Sergey Badichkin as |
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Gennadiy Khrapunkov as |
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Aleksandr Robak as |
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Yuri Sidorov as |
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Nadezhda Vasilyeva as |
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Natalya Fateyeva as |
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Evgeniy Stychkin as |
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Oleg Kazancheev as |
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Maksim Lagashkin as |
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Elena Shevaldykina as |
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Aleksei Shevchenkov as |
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Vilor Kuznetsov as |
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Nikolay Chindyaykin as |
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Fyodor Sukhov as |
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Sergey Yushkevich as |
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Malcolm McDowell as |
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Filipp Lebedev as |
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Vladimir Karpovich as |
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Yuriy Tuzov as |
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Aleksei Krasnopolskiy as |
| Directing | Karen Shakhnazarov | Director |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Vasilyev | Visual Effects Camera |
| Directing | Tatyana Saulkina | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Sergey Dubkov | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Soldatenkova | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Igor Laptev | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Mikhail Blinov | Additional Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yevgeniy Bazanov | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iya Perminova | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Vladimir Dostal | Producer |
| Writing | Karen Shakhnazarov | Writer |
| Production | Galina Shadur | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Anatoli Kroll | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Lidiya Milioti | Editor |
| Writing | Aleksandr Borodyanskiy | Writer |
| Camera | Gennady Karyuk | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Igor Mayorov | Sound |
| Art | Lyudmila Kusakova | Production Design |