Days of Eclipse
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| Days of Eclipse | |
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| Directed by | Aleksandr Sokurov |
| Written by | Yuri Arabov, Pyotr Kadochnikov Arkady and Boris Strugatsky |
| Music by | Yuri Khanin (original score) Vladimir Persov (sound) |
| Cinematography | Sergei Yurizditsky |
| Editing by | Leda Semyonova |
| Distributed by | Lenfilm Studio Troitskiy Most Prodimag (2005) (Spain, DVD) |
| Release date(s) | 1988 |
| Running time | 133 min |
| Country |  USSR |
| Language | Russian |
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Days of Eclipse is a 1988 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Sokurov.
Screenplay written by Yuri Arabov and Pyotr Kadochnikov based on a screenplay by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky and very loosely based on their novel Definitely Maybe (Billion years to the end of the world, Russian: «За миллиард лет до конца света»). Practically, owns only the names of the characters from the Strugatsky novel.
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[edit] Plot summary
Days of Eclipse filmed in a psychedelic manner close to stream of consciousness, any distinct plot in the film is absent. Action set in Middle Asia - Krasnovodsk, Turkmenia.
Children doctor Dmitri Malyanov, geologist Vecherovskiy and war service engineer Snegovoy are colliding every day with a numerous people and their destinies, with an odd to them eastern reality.
In a half-documentary manner, where black-and-white frames are mixed with color, Sokurov pictured the life of wretched town in Turkmenia, sick children, psychiatrical clinic and the Desert with a mixed sound in the background - radio retranslatons, symphony music and multilingual voices.
Long monologues of the characters; boy-angel, who asks non-childish questions and, finally, in the end of the film, the Ascension of the Malyanov's guardian angel.
[edit] Cast
Film featured non-professional cast.
- Aleksei Ananishnov as Malyanov
- Eskender Umarov as Vecherovsky
- Irina Sokolova as Malyanov's Sister
- Vladimir Zamansky as Snegovoy
- Kirill Dudkin as Gluchov
- Aleksei Yankovsky as Snegovoy's Father
- Viktor Belovolsky as Gubar
- Sergei Krylov as Little Boy
[edit] Awards
- Nika Award of the Union of Cinematographers of USSR for the best 1988 sound work to Vladimir Persov
- Composer Yuri Khanin was also nominated for 1988 Nika for the best music.
- Special Prize of European Film Academy of 1988 to the composer Yuri Khanin
[edit] See also
- (Russian) Days of Eclipse commentary by Irina Graschenkova
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