Cloud Heaven

1990 1h 16m RU

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 29

Drama

Synopsis

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In this gentle comedy, an unpopular resident in a Russian village has his life completely changed when he announces, entirely on a whim and just to upset things a bit, that he's moving to the Pacific coast.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Andrey Zhigalov
Kostya
Sergey Batalov
Fedya
Irina Rozanova
Valya
Alla Kliouka
Natalya
Anna Ovsyannikova
Tatyana Ivanovna
Vladimir Tolokonnikov
Filomeev
Lev Borisov
Filipp Makarovich
Yuri Kolobkov
Vasilich

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nikolay Dostal
Writers: Georgi Nikolayev
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Облако-рай (Коллекция)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nikolay Dostal, shot by Yuriy Nevskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Alexander Goldstein. 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 Mariya Sergeyeva 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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Andrey Zhigalov and Sergey Batalov and Irina Rozanova carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0102574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nikolay Dostal directs. Yuriy Nevskiy behind the camera. Alexander Goldstein scores. Mariya Sergeyeva cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
236 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Облако-рай (Коллекция)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Nikolay Dostal, shot by Yuriy Nevskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Alexander Goldstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Mariya Sergeyeva shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Andrey Zhigalov and Sergey Batalov and Irina Rozanova carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0102574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 29 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "idiot", "misunderstanding", "apartment building", "dreary".