Summary In June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is executed. Among the survivors are Dr. Aleksei Golovin, his French wife Marie and their young son. Marie is accused to be a spy, her French passport is torn up and Aleksei accepts to move to Kyiv with his family to save her. They are sent to a room in a communal house and soon Marie befriends the super, an old woman who speaks French. But she is denounced and killed by the government agents. Marie feels guilty and brings her grandson Sasha Vasilyev, who will be evicted, to live in her room with her family. Marie wants to return to her family in France, but Aleksei explains that they are imprisoned in Russia. Marie tries a contact with the leftist French actress Gabrielle Develay to ask for help to leave the USSR. While Marie gets distant from her husband, she gets closer to Sacha, who is a great swimmer and the only chance to Marie contact her family. View more details
Directed : Régis Wargnier
Written : Sergei Bodrov Rustam Ibragimbekov Louis Gardel
Stars : Oleg Menshikov Sergey Bodrov Catherine Deneuve Sandrine Bonnaire
Genres : Adventure Drama Romance History
Release date : Aug 31, 1999
Countries of origin : France Russia Spain Bulgaria Ukraine
Official sites : Russian Official Site Sony Pictures Classics
Language : Russian French
Filming locations : Kyiv, Ukraine
Production companies : France 3 Cinéma Gala Film UGC YM
Summary In June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is executed. Among the survivors are Dr. Aleksei Golovin, his French wife Marie and their young son. Marie is accused to be a spy, her French passport is torn up and Aleksei accepts to move to Kyiv with his family to save her. They are sent to a room in a communal house and soon Marie befriends the super, an old woman who speaks French. But she is denounced and killed by the government agents. Marie feels guilty and brings her grandson Sasha Vasilyev, who will be evicted, to live in her room with her family. Marie wants to return to her family in France, but Aleksei explains that they are imprisoned in Russia. Marie tries a contact with the leftist French actress Gabrielle Develay to ask for help to leave the USSR. While Marie gets distant from her husband, she gets closer to Sacha, who is a great swimmer and the only chance to Marie contact her family. View more details
Genres : Adventure Drama Romance History
Release date : Aug 31, 1999
Countries of origin : France Russia Spain Bulgaria Ukraine
Official sites : Russian Official Site Sony Pictures Classics
Language : Russian French
Filming locations : Kyiv, Ukraine
Production companies : France 3 Cinéma Gala Film UGC YM
