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Still Waters (2000 film)
Still Waters (Russian: Тихие омуты, romanized: Tikhie omuti) is 2000 Russian romantic comedy-drama directed by Eldar Ryazanov.[1][2]
| Still Waters | |
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| Directed by | Eldar Ryazanov |
| Written by | Eldar Ryazanov Emil Braginsky |
| Produced by | Anatoli Papanov Leonid Bitz |
| Starring | Aleksandr Abdulov Andrey Smolyakov Lyubov Polishchuk |
| Cinematography | Nikolay Nemolyaev Lomer Akhvlediani |
| Music by | Mikael Tariverdiev Bulat Okudzhava Sergey Nikitin |
Production companies | film studio "Luch" film studio "Gulliver" film studio "TriT" |
Release date |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Plot edit
Anton M. Kashtanov (Alexander Abdulov) is a talented surgeon and head of a large clinic. He decides to escape his domineering and bad-tempered wife Pauline in the village of Still Waters. Here he reconnects with his childhood friend, the head of the local nature reserve. This pastoral idyll is unsettled by one matter: at the time of Kashtanov's departure two million dollars have disappeared from his foundation.
Two strong women launch independent investigations: a police detective and a TV reporter...
Cast edit
- Alexander Abdulov - academician Anton M. Kashtanov
- Oksana Korostishevskaya - journalist Eugenie Tobolskaya (Jackie)
- Lyubov Polishchuk - Pauline, Kashtanov's wife
- Jan Tsapnik - Vlad, the operator
- Olga Volkova - Varvara Petrovna Muromova, police detective
- Andrey Makarevich - forester
- Andrey Smolyakov - Ivan Pavlovich, Kashtanov's assistant
- Michael Dorozhkin - Nikita, Kashtanov's son from his first marriage
- Anatoly Lobotsky - Alexey Yozhikov, businessman
- Marat Basharov - traffic cop
- Alexander Pashutin - hotel employee
- Alexander Nevsky - bodyguard
- Olga Pogodina - girl smoking on balcony
- Olga Chekov - radiologist assistant
- Eldar Ryazanov - radiologist (Ryazanov was also the film's director)
Facts edit
- Eldar Ryazanov said that the character of Kashtanov was modeled after Anton Chekhov.[3]
- The film was banned in Ukraine because Jan Tsapnik was declared as a danger to the country.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Тихие омуты. Х/ф Россия, 2000". Russia-1.
- ^ "Тихие омуты – Россия". Kino Expert.
- ^ "Интервью – Эльдар Рязанов". Echo of Moscow.
- ^ Oksana Goncharuk. "В Украине запретили два фильма Эльдара Рязанова". Komsomolskaya Pravda.
External links edit
- Still Waters (Tikhiye omuty) at IMDb
- The romantic comedy "Still Waters" at Exler film reviews (in Russian)