Surreal worlds, elegiac images and romantic letters form a stream of suppressed memories. A young man discovers diaries and film reels of his recently deceased mother. Ukrainian director Igor Minaev melts his rarely seen shorts from Soviet times into an emotional journey into the past.
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Cast
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Gabrielle Lazure
Known for
Chronicles of the Sun
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Kevin Boise
Also in
Django
Boris Nevzorov
Known for
The Fool
The Major
Lembit Ulfsak
Known for
Tangerines
Mary Poppins, Goodbye
Nikolaï Tokar
Also in
The Sentimental Policeman
Wake Up in Shanghai
Lilia Oguienko
Also in
A Nest of Gentry
Joseph Corcos
Julia Zimina
Ihor Minayev Director · Olga Mikhailova Screenplay Anna Mikhalyova Writer
First release November 29, 2015 · Produced in France, Ukraine · Languages French, Russian, Ukrainian
Production
Trempel Films
Production
France · Ukraine
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Languages
Original title
Блакитна сукня
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
French · Russian · Ukrainian
Release dates
France · November 29, 2015
Premiere · Honfleur Russian Film Festival
France · May 31, 2017
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 16, 2016 · Premiere
Ukraine
July 21, 2016 · Premiere · Odesa International Film Festival
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