Day of the Full Moon

The story

Day of the Full Moon, a series of vignettes from Russia past and present, summons the spirit of Ophuls’ La Ronde, Altman’s Nashville and Short Cuts, and the time-shifting strategies of Resnais (Mon Oncle d’Amérique) to tell provocative, connected stories illustrating the waltz of years and whim of memory. In 1948, a young man, a boy, and a waiter are captivated during the full moon by a mysterious woman in a lilac dress. The effects of this event ripple across the years, washing over more than 80 characters, including a disc jockey, a fairy princess, a gangster, Alexander Pushkin, and a nostalgic dog. But which of these are dreams, and which reality? Director Shakhnazarov continues his career-long focus on the intersection of past and present with this mysterious, exhilarating mosaic of humankind, which in the end both seduces and satisfies.

Cast & crew

Anna GermWoman in purple

Andrei PaninCaptain

Yelena KorenevaZoya

Vladimir IlinRebrov

Valeriy PriyomykhovScript writer

Valeriy StorozhikDirector

Valery AfanasyevEgor

Galina AnisimovaVera

Anna SinyakinaCall girl

Filipp YankovskyMonk

Andrey Lebedevman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Olga SidorovaCast