Bury Me Behind the Baseboard
Bury Me Behind the Baseboard (Russian: Похорoните меня за плинтусом, romanized: Pokhoronite menya za plintusom) is a 2009 Russian psychological drama film directed by Sergey Snezhkin, based on the autobiographical story of the same name by Pavel Sanayev.[1] The film is a participant in the competition program of the Kinotavr.[2]
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Directed by | Sergey Snezhkin |
Written by | Sergey Snezhkin Pavel Sanayev |
Produced by | Vladimir Zheleznikov Mikhail Litvak Leonid Litvak |
Starring | Aleksandr Drobitko Svetlana Kryuchkova Aleksei Petrenko Maria Shukshina |
Cinematography | Vladislav Gurtchin |
Edited by | Marina Vasilieva |
Music by | Svyatoslav Kurashov |
Production companies | Globus Film Studio Ministry of Culture |
Distributed by | RUSCICO |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
Budget | $1 million |
Plot
Eight-year-old Sasha Savelyev lives with his grandmother and actor-grandfather. The boy is not given to his mother. The grandmother takes care of her often ill grandson and brings him up with crazy love, which gradually turns into a real tyranny.
Cast
- Aleksandr Drobitko as Grandson
- Svetlana Kryuchkova as Grandma
- Aleksei Petrenko as Granddad
- Maria Shukshina as Mother
- Konstantin Vorobyov as Tolik
- Valery Kukhareshin as Aaron Moiseevich, homeopath
Production
Actresses Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Elena Sanayeva and Era Ziganshina claimed the role of grandmother.[3]
Svetlana Kryuchkova claims that many of the film's scenes, which made it closer to the book, were cut at the behest of the producers.[4][5]
Accolades
Winner of the 2009 Nika Award in the categories "Best Actress" (Svetlana Kryuchkova) and "Best Supporting Actress" (Maria Shukshina).[6]
References
- Александр Нечаев (2009-11-26). "Павел Санаев: «В кино не должно быть правды жизни»". Комсомольская правда. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- Екатерина Визгалова (2009-06-13). "Кинотавр 2009 / День шестой / Конкурс / «Похороните меня за плинтусом»". kino-teatr.ru.
- "Похорoните меня за плинтусом". КиноПоиск. 2009-12-23.
- Александр Нечаев (2009-12-02). "Актриса Светлана Крючкова: «На съёмках меня чуть саму не похоронили за плинтусом!»". Комсомольская правда. Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- "Похороните меня за плинтусом (фотогалерея, часть 1)". Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- Пётр Ненароков, Сергей Савостьянов (2010-04-01). "Вчера в Москве назвали лауреатов премии «Ника 2010»" (in Russian). Российская газета. Retrieved 2010-06-04.