How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea
В городе Сочи тёмные ночи
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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Nadezhda Markina
as Соня, жена Олега Стрельникова
Aleksandr Pryakhin
as эпизод (нет в титрах)
Sofya Pavlova
as Любовь Сергеевна, жена Фёдора Фёдоровича
Anastasiya Vertinskaya
as Дуня Фомкина, мать Лены
Marina Tarasova
as судья
Galina Bulkina
as сотрудница гостиницы
Viktor Uralsky
as актёр, игравший Калинина
Olesya Ivanova
as завхоз туберкулезного диспансера (нет в титрах)
Aleksandr Lenkov
as Игорь Иванович, отец Лены
Georgy Saakyan
as актёр, игравший Сталина
Marianna Kuznetsova
as гостья на юбилее (нет в титрах)
Aleksei Zharkov
as Евгений Степанович Иванов, 50-летний аферист
Aleksandr Mironov
as лейтенант милиции Кондаков
Larisa Borushko
as невеста Губанищева
Andrey Fomin
as молодой режиссёр
Inna Ulyanova
as Marusya, Маруся, обманутая "клиентка" Степаныча (нет в титрах)
Yuriy Nazarov
as Юрий Владимирович, стекольщик
Valery Afanasyev
as обманутая жертва Степаныча (нет в титрах)
Boris Smorchkov
as Виктор Сергеевич Фролов, отец Жанны (нет в титрах)
Andrey Sokolov
as Борис, сын Степаныча, фотограф
Vladimir Troshin
as актёр, игравший Ворошилова
Anna Tikhonova
as Жанна Фролова, продавец в универмаге
Igor Zolotovitsky
as Александр Губанищев
Aleksandr Negreba
as Петр Зарамушкин, директор театра
Mariya Selyanskaya
as Марина, подружка Лены
Levan Mskhiladze
as Саша, бывший жених Лены
Yekaterina Urmancheyeva
as брюнетка
Vadim Zakharchenko
as швейцар
Natalya Negoda
as Elena Igorevna Fomkina, student of the financial academy
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky
as Фёдор Фёдорович Стрельников, актёр-юбиляр
Ervand Arzumanyan
as Ашот Арамович
Aleksandra Tabakova
as Маша, актриса театра
