Bury Me Behind the Baseboard

Bury Me Behind the Baseboard (Russian: Похорoните меня за плинтусом, romanized: Pokhoronite menya za plintusom) is a 2009 Russian psychological drama film directed by Sergey Snezhkin, based on the autobiographical story of the same name by Pavel Sanayev.[1] The film is a participant in the competition program of the Kinotavr.[2]

Bury Me Behind the Baseboard
Film poster
Directed bySergey Snezhkin
Written bySergey Snezhkin
Pavel Sanayev
Produced byVladimir Zheleznikov
Mikhail Litvak
Leonid Litvak
StarringAleksandr Drobitko
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Aleksei Petrenko
Maria Shukshina
CinematographyVladislav Gurtchin
Edited byMarina Vasilieva
Music bySvyatoslav Kurashov
Production
companies
Globus Film Studio
Ministry of Culture
Distributed byRUSCICO
Release date
  • 3 December 2009 (2009-12-03)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$1 million

Plot

Eight-year-old Sasha Savelyev lives with his grandmother and actor-grandfather. The boy is not given to his mother. The grandmother takes care of her often ill grandson and brings him up with crazy love, which gradually turns into a real tyranny.

Cast

Production

Actresses Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Elena Sanayeva and Era Ziganshina claimed the role of grandmother.[3]

Svetlana Kryuchkova claims that many of the film's scenes, which made it closer to the book, were cut at the behest of the producers.[4][5]

Accolades

Winner of the 2009 Nika Award in the categories "Best Actress" (Svetlana Kryuchkova) and "Best Supporting Actress" (Maria Shukshina).[6]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.