Country of the Deaf | |
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Directed by | Valery Todorovsky |
Produced by |
Sergey Chliyants Sergey Livnev Ilya Neretin |
Written by |
Yuriy Korotkov Renata Litvinova Valery Todorovsky |
Starring |
Chulpan Khamatova Dina Korzun |
Music by | Alexey Aygi |
Cinematography | Yuri Shajgardanov |
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Running time
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105 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian Sign language |
Country of the Deaf (Russian: Страна глухих, translit. Strana glukhikh) is a 1998 Russian crime film directed by Valery Todorovsky, loosely based on the Renata Litvinova's novel To Own and Belong. The film set in a fictional underworld of deaf-mute people in Moscow. The film was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.
At the 1998 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards the film was awarded the prizes for Best Film, Best Music (Alexey Aygi), Best Female Actor (Dina Korzun), Best Supporting Actor (Maksim Sukhanov). At the Nika Award the film received the prizes for Best Female Actor (Dina Korzun) and Best Sound Design (Gleb Kravetsky).