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