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Country of the Deaf (Russian: Страна глухих, romanized: Strana glukhikh) is a 1998 Russian crime film directed by Valery Todorovsky, loosely based on Renata Litvinova's novel To Own and Belong.[1] The film set in a fictional underworld of deaf-mute people in Moscow. The film was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Country of the Deaf
Directed by	Valery Todorovsky
Written by	Yuriy Korotkov Renata Litvinova Valery Todorovsky
Produced by	Sergey Chliyants Sergey Livnev Ilya Neretin
Starring	Chulpan Khamatova Dina Korzun
Cinematography	Yuri Shajgardanov
Music by	Alexey Aygi
Release date	February 1998 (1998-02)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Russia
Languages	Russian Sign language

Plot

The action takes place in Moscow in the 1990s. The heroine of the film – Rita is forced into hiding; Her friend Alyosha has disappeared after losing someone else's money in a game of roulette. She is rescued and hidden by Yaya, a deaf nightclub dancer, who lives only for one thing – to save money and go to some fabulous "country of the deaf," where only deaf people live, virtue and justice reigns. Suddenly, the girls find themselves in the center of a violent clash between two mafia clans – one with and one without hearing impairment.

Cast

• Chulpan Khamatova as Rita
• Dina Korzun as Yaya
• Maksim Sukhanov as Svinya
• Nikita Tyunin as Alyosha (voiced by Sergei Bezrukov)
• Aleksandr Yatsko as The Albino
• Alexey Gorbunov as Landlord
• Pavel Pajmalov as Mao
• Sergey Yushkevich as Nuna
• Alexey Diakov as Molodoy
• Yaroslav Boyko as bandit

Awards

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).[3] At the Nika Award the film received the prizes for Best Female Actor (Dina Korzun) and Best Sound Design (Gleb Kravetsky).[4]

See also

• List of films featuring the deaf and hard of hearing

References

External links

• Country of the Deaf at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Das Land der Gehörlosen

Das Land der Gehörlosen (rus. страна глухих) ist ein russisch-französischer Kriminalfilm des Regisseurs Valeriy Todorovskiy aus dem Jahr 1998 nach dem Roman Haben und gehören von Renata Litvinova.

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- [en] Country of the Deaf

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[it] Country of the Deaf

Country of the Deaf (Strana glukhikh o Strana gluchich) è un film russo del 1998 di Valery Todorovsky. In questo film gli attori esprimono in lingua dei segni russa.

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[ru] Страна глухих

«Страна глухих» — художественный фильм режиссёра Валерия Тодоровского. Снят пo мотивам повести Pенаты Литвинoвой «Oбладать и принадлежать». Картина была включена в список 100 главных русских фильмов по версии журнала «Афиша»[1].

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