A two days from the life of Pyotr Drozdov, a highly ranked official from Moscow, which he spends with young museum employee Masha.
Acting
Rappoport's simmering intelligence vs Bondarchuk's smug restraint.
Direction
Smirnova's delicate balance of satire and genuine melancholy.
Production
The decaying estate as character—Russia itself in miniature.
Director
Avdotya Smirnova
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Пётр Сергеевич Дроздов, замминистра
Kseniya Rappoport
Мария Ильинична, замдиректора музея-заповедника
Evgeny Muravich
Владимир Николаевич Ильин, директор музея
Irina Rozanova
Лариса Петровна
Boris Kamorzin
Сергей Иванович Беглецов, губернатор
Gennadiy Smirnov
Виктор Олегович, помощник Дроздова
Konstantin Shelestun
Аркадий, реставратор
Mariya Semyonova
Катя
Andrey Smirnov
Андрей Сергеевич, министр
Olga Dihovichnaya
Лида, невеста Петра
Sergey Umanov
Харкевич, представитель завода
Anna Parmas
Надя
Anna Mikhalkova
камео
Boris Khlebnikov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Avdotya Smirnova is the daughter of famed Soviet screenwriter Andrei Smirnov, and this film adapts her own short story.
The museum-estate setting deliberately echoes Chekhov's Cherry Orchard, with Drozdov as the new Lopakhin—wealthy, crass, and obliviously destructive.
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