Day of the Full Moon

The story

Day of the Full Moon, a series of vignettes from Russia past and present, summons the spirit of Ophuls’ La Ronde, Altman’s Nashville and Short Cuts, and the time-shifting strategies of Resnais (Mon Oncle d’Amérique) to tell provocative, connected stories illustrating the waltz of years and whim of memory. In 1948, a young man, a boy, and a waiter are captivated during the full moon by a mysterious woman in a lilac dress. The effects of this event ripple across the years, washing over more than 80 characters, including a disc jockey, a fairy princess, a gangster, Alexander Pushkin, and a nostalgic dog. But which of these are dreams, and which reality? Director Shakhnazarov continues his career-long focus on the intersection of past and present with this mysterious, exhilarating mosaic of humankind, which in the end both seduces and satisfies.

Cast

A Anna GermWoman in purple A Andrei PaninCaptain Y Yelena KorenevaZoya V Vladimir IlinRebrov V Valeriy PriyomykhovScript writer V Valeriy StorozhikDirector V Valery AfanasyevEgor G Galina AnisimovaVera A Anna SinyakinaCall girl F Filipp YankovskyMonk A Andrey Lebedevman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs O Olga Sidorova

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I Igor Pismennyi O Oksana Timanovskaya S Sergey Badichkin G Gennadiy Khrapunkov A Aleksandr Robak Y Yuri Sidorov N Nadezhda Vasilyeva N Natalya Fateyeva E Evgeniy Stychkin O Oleg Kazancheev M Maksim Lagashkin E Elena Shevaldykina A Aleksei Shevchenkov V Vilor Kuznetsov N Nikolay Chindyaykin F Fyodor Sukhov S Sergey Yushkevich M Malcolm McDowell F Filipp Lebedev V Vladimir Karpovich Y Yuriy Tuzov A Aleksei Krasnopolskiy