A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE
Portrait
Warning: as this is a Russian film, the title is to be considered ironic! Our protagonist Sascha is going to have anything but a “long and happy life”. Khlebnikov’s regular collaborator Aleksandr Yatsenko plays this young man who has had his fill of the impersonal life of the city and decides to move to a former kolkhoz way up north where he intends to make a fresh start as a farmer. Alas, corrupt civil servants and duplicitous friends foil his well-laid plans. Khlebnikov drew inspiration for this provincial parable from the classic Western HIGH NOON. The result is a sombre Russian drama.
DOLGAYA SCHASTLIVAYA ZHIZN / EIN LANGES UND GLÜCKLICHES LEBEN
RUS 2013 / 77 min
Language: Russian
Director: Boris Khlebnikov
- Screenplay: Boris Khlebnikov, Aleksandr Rodionov
- Cinematographer: Pavel Kostomarov
- Editor: Ivan Lebedev
- Sound: Maxim Belovolov
- Cast: Aleksandr Yatsenko, Anna Kotova, Vladimir Korobeinikov, Evgeny Sytiy
- Producer: Roman Borisevich, Aleksandr Kushaev
- Production Company: Koktebel Film Company
- Rights Holder: Films Boutique
Warning: as this is a Russian film, the title is to be considered ironic! Our protagonist Sascha is going to have anything but a “long and happy life”. Khlebnikov’s regular collaborator Aleksandr Yatsenko plays this young man who has had his fill of the impersonal life of the city and decides to move to a former kolkhoz way up north where he intends to make a fresh start as a farmer. Alas, corrupt civil servants and duplicitous friends foil his well-laid plans. Khlebnikov drew inspiration for this provincial parable from the classic Western HIGH NOON. The result is a sombre Russian drama.
- Screenplay: Boris Khlebnikov, Aleksandr Rodionov
- Cinematographer: Pavel Kostomarov
- Editor: Ivan Lebedev
- Sound: Maxim Belovolov
- Cast: Aleksandr Yatsenko, Anna Kotova, Vladimir Korobeinikov, Evgeny Sytiy
- Producer: Roman Borisevich, Aleksandr Kushaev
- Production Company: Koktebel Film Company
- Rights Holder: Films Boutique