The Flood (1994 film)
The Flood | |
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Directed by | |
Written by | Igor Minaiev Bernard Stora |
Produced by | Daniel Toscan du Plantier |
Starring | Isabelle Huppert |
Cinematography | Vladimir Pankov |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Countries | France Russia |
Language | French |
The Flood (French: L’Inondation) is a 1994 French-Russian crime film directed by and starring Isabelle Huppert.[1] It is based on the 1929 short story Navodneniye by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It was screened at the Locarno Festival in 1994.[2]
Plot[]
The film takes place in Petrograd in the 1920s. Sofia (Isabelle Huppert) dreams of becoming a mother, hoping that with the birth of a child, husband Trofim (Boris Nevzorov) will not leave her. However, the woman can not conceive for a long time. One day a young neighbor, Ganka, who was left an orphan, appears in the couple's home. She begins to cohabit with Trofim, and his interest for his wife is completely lost. Taking advantage of a flood which came to pass, Sofia gets rid of her rival. Everyone believes that Ganka ran away from home. Meanwhile, Sofia is pregnant, and the relations of the spouses are improving. After giving birth to her daughter and during a fever, she tells how she killed Ganka with an ax.
Cast[]
- Isabelle Huppert - Sofia
- Boris Nevzorov - Trofim
- Svetlana Kryuchkova - Pelagiya
- - Ganka (as Masha Lipkina)
- Andrei Tolubeyev
- Natalya Yegorova
- Aleksey Zaytsev
See also[]
- Isabelle Huppert on screen and stage
References[]
- ^ Mancuso, Anne (2012). "NY Times: The Flood". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "L'INONDATION". Locarno Festival.
External links[]
- 1994 films
- French-language films
- 1990s French-language films
- 1994 crime films
- French films
- Russian films
- Films based on works by Yevgeny Zamyatin
- French crime films
- Russian crime films
- 1990s French film stubs
- Russian film stubs
- 1990s film stubs