Cloud-Paradise

Cloud-Paradise
Cloud-Paradise
	French film poster
Directed by
Produced by	Alexander Mikhailov
Starring	; Sergey Batalov; Irina Rozanova
Cinematography	Yuri Nevsky; Pyotr Serebryakov
Music by	Alexander Goldstein
Release date	1990;
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Cloud-Paradise (Russian: Облако-рай, romanized: Oblako-ray) is a 1990 Russian comedy film directed by . It was voted best film of 1992 by 90 Russian critics.^[1]

Plot[]

In a small provincial town, early in the morning, Kolya encounters his friend Fedya, wearily and indifferently. Wanting to attract attention, Kolya says that he is going to leave, ostensibly, to the Far East. His decision wins unanimous support. Kolya becomes a local hero, all the neighbors assist in his training. Kolya sells his furniture off, writes a resignation letter and leaves his hometown on a bus. He is on his way to nowhere.

Cast[]

- Kolya
Sergey Batalov - Fedya
Irina Rozanova - Valya, Fedya's wife
Alla Kliouka - Natalia
- Tatiana Ivanovna, Natalia's mother
Vladimir Tolokonnikov - Felomeev
Lev Borisov - Philipp Makarovich, neighbor
- mate of Felomeev

Awards and nominations[]

Prize For the destruction of a barrier between your favorite movies and cinema for all at the first festival Kinotavr in 1991.
Golden Aries Award in 1992
Silver Leopard Special Grand Jury Prize and Second Prize and youth jury prize of the International Confederation of experimental film in the Locarno International Film Festival in 1991^[2]
Grand Prix II MFEC (France)
Special Jury Prize cast of young actors in the 1991 Geneva Film Festival

References[]

^ Brashinsky, Michael; Horton, Andrew (30 September 1994). Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost. Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-521-44475-0.
^ "OBLAKO-RAI". Locarno International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

External links[]

Cloud-Paradise at IMDb

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[BrashinskyHorton1994-1] Brashinsky, Michael; Horton, Andrew (30 September 1994). Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost. Cambridge University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-521-44475-0.

[Locarno-2] "OBLAKO-RAI". Locarno International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

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