Nine Days and One Morning

2014 1h 25m RU

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9.5

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5.7

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★9.5TMDB · 1★5.7IMDB · 48

Drama

Synopsis

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A story of adoption told without glamour and hypocrisy that usually accompanies this topic.Anna is a top model, who was adopted by a French couple as a child. She returns to her hometown with a charity mission from France.A story of an orphan turned princess becomes a legend in her native provincial town. Anna gets treated like royal person and everyone expects miracles from herAnna is confused and cannot understand what all these people want from her. She is used to a calm and logical western lifestyle. Her home is France, in Russia she is a guest. Horrified, she watches her photographer boyfriend Michelle, admire incomprehensible Russian mentality

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Anna Sherbinina
Olga Popova
Lyuba
Sergey Puskepalis
Xavier Gallais
Svetlana Toma
Alexandr Sagitov
Sergei Popov
Gleb Puskepalis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vera Storozheva
Writers: Vera Storozheva, Anna Kozlova
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Directed by Vera Storozheva, shot by Mikhail Iskandarov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Gary Miller. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Elena Afanasyeva shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Anna Sherbinina and Olga Popova and Sergey Puskepalis carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3727544 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vera Storozheva directs. Mikhail Iskandarov behind the camera. Gary Miller scores. Elena Afanasyeva cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

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Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Vera Storozheva, shot by Mikhail Iskandarov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Gary Miller. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Elena Afanasyeva shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Anna Sherbinina and Olga Popova and Sergey Puskepalis carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt3727544 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.