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Release Date:
October 14, 2014
Original Title:
Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына
Alternate Titles:
Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna
Die weißen Nächte des Postboten
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
FR: 10
Runtime: 90
The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A reserved community has been set up here. Despite the modern technologies and a spaceport nearby the people of the village live the way they would in the Neolithic Era. There is neither government nor social services or jobs. The postman's beloved woman escapes the village life and moves to the city. Postman's outboard engine gets stolen and he can no longer deliver mail. His normal pattern of life is disrupted. The postman makes a decision to leave for the city too but returns before long with no certain reason. The script is based on real characters' stories. People from the village play their own parts in the film. The search for the protagonist lasted for over a year.
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Assistant Director:
Ekaterina Veshcheva
Director:
Andrei Konchalovsky
Director of Photography:
Aleksandr Simonov
Editor:
Sergey Taraskin
Original Music Composer:
Eduard Artemyev
Producer:
Olesya Gidrat
Andrei Konchalovsky
Evgeniy Stepanov
Production Design:
Lyubov Skorina
Screenplay:
Andrei Konchalovsky
Elena Kiseleva
VFX Supervisor:
Alexander Serkov
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