Halfway to Paris
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Matvey Terentyevich Danilov, a prominent Russian scientist and academician, having lost all hope of being able to continue his scientific work in Russia, was forced to leave his homeland and go to France, where he was guaranteed all the conditions to continue the research that was important to him and to science. The decision to leave Russia was not easy for him; he resisted it for a long time, considering leaving the country to be an act of betrayal. His soul is full of doubts about whether the chosen step was the right one.After the last scientific conference he attended in Russia, which was held in a remote Siberian city, on his way to the airport, Matvey Terentyevich stops by the village where he was born and raised. The day he spent in his native village is what the story is about…
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Vladimir Andreyev
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Aristarkh Livanov
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Nataliya Potapova
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Lyubov Sokolova
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Vitaliy Krayev
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Yury Alexeev
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Yaropolk Lapshin Director · Gennadi Bokarev Writer Valery Kukenkov Production designer
First release December 5, 2001 · Produced in Russia · Original title На полпути в Париж
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Sverdlovsk Film Studio
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Russia
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Original title
На полпути в Париж
Original language
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 5, 2001
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No release date listed for United States.
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