Tambourine, Drum

2009 1h 45m RU

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5.4

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★5.4TMDB · 19

Drama

Synopsis

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A mining town in Russia at the end of the nineties. A miners' strike has paralysed the place, corruption and fraud are flourishing in the transitional period from a socialist economy to a market economy. In this world of lost souls lives Yekaterina Artemovna (Katya). This unconspicuous woman has, in the words of her future lover, a "heart of gold". The only bright spots in her lonely life in a meagre communal apartment are literature and her work in the town library. The only bright ray flashed in the life of the heroine is a visiting sailor. But he turns out to be a gigolo and leaves the poor woman. The tense string inside the heroine bursts, the iron nerves lose, and restrained Yekaterina at this point loses all patience with life and ready for the most desperate and cruel revenge...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Natalya Negoda
Katya
Elena Lyadova
Friend
Dmitriy Kulichkov
Sailor
Sergey Neudachin
Igor
Oleg Vasilkov
Ignat
Oleg Bilik
Redheaded Policeman
Aleksandr Oblasov
Slava
Sergey Sosnovsky
Katya's Father

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aleksei Mizgiryov
Writers: Aleksei Mizgiryov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aleksei Mizgiryov, shot by Vadim Deev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Natalya Negoda and Elena Lyadova and Dmitriy Kulichkov carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1435475 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Aleksei Mizgiryov directs. Vadim Deev behind the camera. Natalya Kucherenko cuts. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 17 years ago.
2Directed by Aleksei Mizgiryov, shot by Vadim Deev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Natalya Kucherenko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Natalya Negoda and Elena Lyadova and Dmitriy Kulichkov carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt1435475 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.