Film

Black Ice

2003 · 93 min · ★ 3 · Dir. Mikhail Brashinsky

The plot is not developed; in the film we see a man (he) and a woman (she) who, in fact, are neither connected nor familiar with each other; they casually met in hospital. "She" (Viktoria Tolstoganova) does not see that she is in danger in connection with her plan to use a tape with illegally made recordings as compromising evidence in court. "He" (Il'ia Shakunov, an actor of the Petersburg TYuZ) is a gay translator who, after the random meeting with her, is pursued by her image which frequently pops up in front of him. As a consequence, his relationship with a young boy no longer satisfies him. Both he and she lose sight of the meaning of life, because of their own inability to see others and to see love, as perception relies on proximity instead of distance.

Starring

Viktoriya Tolstoganova
Viktoriya Tolstoganova
Ilya Shakunov
Ilya Shakunov
Maksim Kurochkin
Maksim Kurochkin
Egor Pazenko
Egor Pazenko
Tatyana Drubich
Tatyana Drubich
Olga Glushko
Olga Glushko
Konstantin Yushkevich
Konstantin Yushkevich
Sergey Ivanov
Sergey Shemarkin
Dmitry Prokofyev
Dmitry Prokofyev
Artem Smola
Kirill Gratsinsky
Kirill Gratsinsky
Alexandr Lyrchikov
Vladimir Nadein
Vladimir Nadein
Anatoly Zhitnik
Vladimir Pavlov
Vladimir Pavlov
Natalya Ivanova-Fenkina
Lyubov Zabolotskaya