How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea

    How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea
    1989

    Synopsis

    In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.

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    Cast

    • Aleksei ZharkovЕвгений Степанович Иванов, 50-летний аферист
    • Natalya NegodaЕлена Игоревна Фомкина, студентка финакадемии
    • Aleksandr Mironovлейтенант милиции Кондаков
    • Anastasiya VertinskayaДуня Фомкина, мать Лены
    • Aleksandr LenkovИгорь Иванович, отец Лены
    • Andrey SokolovБорис, сын Степаныча, фотограф
    • Anna TikhonovaЖанна Фролова, продавец в универмаге
    • Grigori ManukovОлег Стрельников, сын артиста, врач
    • Vatslav DvorzhetskyФёдор Фёдорович Стрельников, актёр-юбиляр
    • Igor ZolotovitskyАлександр Губанищев
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