It Doesn't Hurt Me

2006 Russian film
  • June 15, 2006 (2006-06-15) (Russia)
Running time
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It Doesn't Hurt Me (Russian: Мне не больно: Mne ne bolno) is a 2006 Russian film directed by Aleksey Balabanov.[1][2] The film was released on June 15, 2006 in Russia and stars Renata Litvinova, Aleksandr Yatsenko, and Dmitriy Dyuzhev as three young adults living in St.Petersburg.[3][4]

Synopsis

Tata (Renata Litvinova) is a vivacious young woman whose health is deteriorating due to leukemia. When she meets Misha (Aleksandr Yatsenko) and Oleg (Dmitriy Dyuzhev), the three hit it off well and Tata begins to date Misha. The problem is that she keeps her diagnosis from Misha, which complicates the relationship.

Cast

  • Renata Litvinova as Tata
  • Aleksandr Yatsenko as Misha
  • Dmitriy Dyuzhev as Oleg
  • Nikita Mikhalkov as Sergei Sergeyevich
  • Inga Strelkova-Oboldina as Alya (as Inga Oboldina-Strelkova)
  • Valentin Kuznetsov as Vasya
  • Sergey Makovetskiy as Doctor
  • Mark Rudinstein as Zilberman
  • Marina Solopchenko as Zilberman's wife
  • Mariya Nikiforova as Doctor's wife
  • Ilya Mozgovoy as Security guard Sasha
  • Sami Hurskulahti as Otto
  • Veronika Dmitriyeva as Girl in train
  • Dariya Utkina as Tanya (as Dasha Utkina)
  • Marina Shpakovskaya as Prostitute

Reception

Time Out Russia gave the movie a positive review and called it a "strong melodrama".[5] Seans, a Saint Petersburg-published magazine specializing on cinema published a number of short review of the most influential authors. The reviews were generally positive, and, in particular, they emphasized a good performance of Litvinova.[6]

Awards

  • Best Actress at the MTV Movie Awards, Russia (2007, nominated - Renata Litvinova)
  • Best Actor at the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (2006, won - Aleksandr Yatsenko)[7]
  • Best Actress at the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (2006, won - Renata Litvinova)[7]
  • Grand Prize at the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (2006, nominated)
  • Best film, Golden Eagle Award (2006, nominated)[8]

Further reading

  • Florian Weinhold (2013), Path of Blood: The Post-Soviet Gangster, His Mistress and Their Others in Aleksei Balabanov's Genre Films, Reaverlands Books: North Charleston, SC: pp. 139-163.

References

  1. ^ Yana Hashamova; Beth Holmgren; Mark Lipovetsky (2016). Transgressive Women in Modern Russian and East European Cultures: From the Bad to the Blasphemous. Taylor & Francis. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-317-35456-7.
  2. ^ "Никита Михалков: Всем больно". RG.ru. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Russians shoot movie about luxurious life". Persona. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Любовь без уродов". RG.ru. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Крепкая мелодрама Алексея Балабанова о любви эксцентричной особы и рабочего-отделочника". Time Out. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Сеансу отвечают: Мне не больно" Сеансу отвечают: Мне не больно (in Russian). Seans. 2006. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Призёры XVII Открытого Российского Кинофестиваля "Кинотавр"" (in Russian). Kinotavr. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  8. ^ Претенденты на Золотого Орла (in Russian). Vek. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

External links

  • It Doesn't Hurt Me at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • "Official site of the film" (in Russian). Retrieved 17 January 2014.
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Films directed
  • Happy Days (1991)
  • The Castle (1994)
  • The Arrival of a Train (segment "Trofim") (1995)
  • Brother (1997)
  • Of Freaks and Men (1998)
  • Brother 2 (2000)
  • War (2002)
  • The River (2002)
  • Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
  • It Doesn't Hurt Me (2006)
  • Cargo 200 (2007)
  • Morphine (2008)
  • A Stoker (2010)
  • Me Too (2012)
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