Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them have the important qualities of being openhearted and not afraid of loving.
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43 people
Ivan Dobronravov
shoemaker
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Yury Chursin
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Yulia Peresild
Ira
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Karolina Gruszka
girl
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Aleksey Filimonov
Mitya, guy
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Anna Ekaterininskaya
Tatyana
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Evgeniya Sviridova
girl
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Pavel Sergienko
nurse in a mental hospital
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Andrey Fomin
goon
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Vitaliy Khaev
screamer
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Kirill Solenov
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Evgeniya Agenorova
old lady
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Aleksei German Jr. Director · Pyotr Buslov Director Boris Khlebnikov Director
Director
Aleksei German Jr.
Director Screenplay
Pyotr Buslov
Director Screenplay
Boris Khlebnikov
Director Screenplay
Kirill Serebrennikov
Director
Ivan Vyrypaev
Writer
Andrey Migachev
Writer
Konstantin Fyodorov
Composer
Darin Sysoev
Composer
Aleksandr Lushin
Cinematographer
Shandor Berkeshi
Cinematographer
Oleg Lukichyov
Cinematographer
Evgeny Privin
Editor
Ivan Lebedev
Editor
Pavel Khanyutin
Editor
Sergey Ivanov
Production designer Costume designer
Margarita Ablaeva
Production designer
Olga Khlebnikova
Production designer
Ulyana Ryabova
Costume designer
Svetlana Mikhaylova
Costume designer
Filipp Grigoryan
Worldwide gross $150K · United States release November 11, 2009 · Produced in Russia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$150,149
Production
Studio SLON
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Короткое замыкание
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 7, 2009
Premiere · Kinotavr
United States · November 11, 2009
Theatrical
Russia · November 19, 2009
Theatrical
Italy
September 10, 2009 · Premiere · Venice International Film Festival
South Korea
October 9, 2009 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
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