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