A Few Days in the Life of I.I. Oblomov
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$15.99
- SKU: 30318
- Availability: In Stock
- Label(s): MosFilm
- Subtitles: Spanish , Portuguese , Italian , Dutch , Swedish , Arabic , Hebrew , Chinese , Japanese , English , German , Russian
- Languages: Russian
- Format: Color
- Soundformat: Dolby Digital 5.1
- Genre(s): Drama
- Year of release: 2002 (1979)
- 2 DVD Set
- Cast Елена Соловей, Федор Стуков, Евгения Глушенко, Евгений Стеблов, Глеб Стриженов, Галина Шостко, Елена Клещевская, Олег Козлов, Андрей Разумовский, Авангард Леонтьев, Андрей Попов, Юрий Богатырев, Олег Табаков, Николай Пастухов, Анатолий Ромашин
- Music Эдуард Артемьев
- Camera Павел Лебешев
- Script Александр Адабашьян, Nikita Mikhalkov
- Director Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer-director Nikita Mikhalkov (Burnt by the Sun) combines some accomplished and evocative visuals with a tongue-in-cheek morality play about the price of personal freedom in this 1979 adaptation of the 19th-century Russian novel by Goncharov. Oleg Tabakov plays the title character, an amiable and enigmatic man who, after years of anonymous toiling as a landowner, begins to live his life in a virtual slothlike existence. Oblomov is regarded by others around him as something of a harmless joke, but as he passes the days in bed indulging himself with food and aimless pondering, he reminisces about his childhood and the life he's led, and he discovers a fulfilling poetry to his life. Eventually, though, his celebration of laziness threatens to ruin his life and all he holds dear. The film employs a deft and pastoral visual style to augment the joy and freedom this man feels at being able to control his own destiny, even with tragic results. A challenging and thought-provoking effort, Oblomov is a distinct and original piece of cinema.
Bonus material:
Interviews with Aleksandr Adabashyan, Pavel Lebeshev, Eduard Artemyev; Documentary about actor Andrei Popov; Making of the film; A short documentary "Goncharov's Homeland"; Filmographies