My Joy Germany / Ukraine / The Netherlands
2010, 128min.
Producers: Heino Deckert, Oleg Kohan, Joost de Vries, Leontine Petit, Dir./Script: Sergei Loznitsa, Director of Photography: Oleg Mutu, Prod.Design: Kirill Shuvalov, Sound: Vladimir Golovnitski, Editor: Danielius Kokanauskis
Cast: Viktor Nemets, Catalin Dordea, Vladimir Golovin, Olga Shuvalova, Alexei Vertkov, Boris Kamorzin, Timofei Tribuntsev, Maria Varsami, Vlad Ivanov
The trucker Georgi leaving his adulterous wife behind embarks on a long and difficult journey. His truck veers off the road and he gets lost in the wild open spaces of the Russian provinces, making his way to his destination very slowly. On his way he meets various individuals and becomes immersed in a world that transforms his personality – a world of fear, cruelty and treachery.
Production Companies
Sota Cinema Group (Ukraine)
www.sota.net.ua
MA.JA.DE. Fiction
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Email: berlin@majade.de
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Lemming Film (Pays-Bas)
| Loznitsa, Sergei Sergei Loznitsa (born 1964, Baranowitchi, Belarus)
Film director. Winner of the Laurels Award, the prize of the Film Academy Nika, and a range of other professional awards, and prizes of international film festivals. In 1987 he graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. From 1987 to 1991 worked as a scientist in the Institute of Cybernetics, and translator from Japanese. Graduated from the department of feature film of the Film Institute VGIK (1997, workshop of Nana Djordjadze). Since 2000 he is the director of the St. Petersburg Studio of Documentary Films (SPSDF). In 2001 he emigrated to Germany with his family, but continues to work in Russia and Ukraine. My Joy is his feature film debut.
Filmography
Today We Build a House (1996), Life, Autumn (1997), The Halt (2000), The Settlement (2001), Portrait (2002), Landscape (2003), Factory (2004), The Blockade (2005), The Artel (2006), The Revue (2007), Northern Lights (2008), My Joy (2010)
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