A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 28, 2024
Original Title:
Ненормальный
Alternate Titles:
Nenormalnyy
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Central Partnership
Cinema Foundation of Russia
Kinoslovo
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
RU: 12+
Runtime: 100
Eight-year-old Nikolai suffers from a congenital illness that leaves him unable to walk or speak. His doctors and even his own mother, Tatyana, have given up hope of treating his ailment. When Tatyana’s new friend Yuri tries using his own physiotherapy techniques to treat Nikolai, he discovers that Nikolai has a gift for music and teaches him to play the piano. With every note he learns and every melody he masters, Nikolai’s condition improves. He not only gains mobility, he also becomes an outstanding musician. Nikolai and Yuri travel to China together to take part in a piano competition, with a view to taking the grand prize. This is a humor-packed story about the healing power of music and fatherly love.
Additional Director of Photography:
Nikolay German
Assistant Director:
Ekaterina Laposhina
Tatyana Grigoryeva
Nie Jun
Casting Director:
Olga Dubovitskaya
Costume Design:
Darya Zonova
Ekaterina Pavelko
Director:
Ilya Malanin
Director of Photography:
Vasily Grigolyunas
Makeup Artist:
Aleksandra Vakhranyova
Music:
Savva Rozanov
Igor Yakovenko
Producer:
Grigory Stoyalov
Petr Anurov
Vadim Vereshchagin
Production Design:
Timofey Ryabushinsky
Screenplay:
Sergey Kozin
Roman Kantor
Sound Director:
Alexey Chintsov
Stunt Coordinator:
Anton Smekalkin
VFX Supervisor:
Ilya Toropov
Aleksandr Gorshkov
Visual Effects Producer:
Aleksandra Mityushova
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