How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea

Synopsis

In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.

Main Cast

Aleksei Zharkov

Stepanych

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Natalya Negoda

Lena Fomkina

Age : 60 | Popularity : 6%

Aleksandr Mironov

Kondakov

Age : 62 | Popularity : 3%

Anastasiya Vertinskaya

Dunya Fomkina, Lena's mother

Age : 79 | Popularity : 6%

Aleksandr Lenkov

Igor Ivanovich, Lena's father

Age : 70 | Popularity : 5%

Andrey Sokolov

Boris

Age : 61 | Popularity : 3%

Anna Tikhonova

Zhanna Frolova

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Grigori Manukov

Oleg Strelnikov

Age : 63 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Vasili Pichul
Editing	Editor	Elena Zabolotskaya
Writing	Writer	Mariya Khmelik
Camera	Director of Photography	Yefim Reznikov
Production	Producer	Mark Levin
Sound	Sound	Pavel Drozdov
	Original Music Composer	Vladimir Matetsky
Art	Production Design	Nikolai Terekhov
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Nina Yermilova
Department	Role	Name

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