The Lover (2002)
This is a remarkably subtle film–a character study that focuses on Mitya’s attempts to cope with each new startling phase of discovery. At first he mourns for his dead wife, but then he discovers that he didn’t really know her.
Director:
Valery Todorovsky
Writer:
Gennadiy Ostrovskiy
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Oleg Yankovskiy as Дмитрий Чарышев |
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Sergey Garmash as Иван |
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Vera Voronkova as Вера |
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Valeriy Prokhorov as кондуктор |
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Irina Sokolova as Sima |
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Andrei Smirnov as Петя |
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Vladimir Yumatov as Адик |
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Galina Kashkovskaya as |
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Evgeniy Kosyrev as |
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Aleksey Kolokoltsev as |
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Zinaida Zubkova as |
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Irina Kartashyova as |
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Tamara Mironova as |
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Zinaida Pasyutina as |
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Olga Klebanovitch as |
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Aleksandr Brankevich as |
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Viktoriya Maslova as |
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Elena Laskavaya as Вербицкая |
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Tatyana Ruzhavskaya as продавщица в пивной |
| Directing | Valery Todorovsky | Director |
| Sound | Alexei Aigui | Music |
| Art | Vladimir Gudilin | Production Design |
| Camera | Serhiy Mykhalchuk | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Vera Kruglova | Editor |
| Production | Aleksandr Akopov | Producer |
| Production | Tatyana Talkova | Casting Director |
| Directing | Irina Tretyakova | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vladimir Denisov | Additional Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksandr Osipov | Costume Design |
| Sound | Sergey Chuprov | Sound Director |
| Writing | Gennadiy Ostrovskiy | Screenplay |