How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea

Name: How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1989-03-25
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Cast: Aleksei Zharkov, Natalya Negoda, Aleksandr Mironov, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Aleksandr Lenkov

1989, Russian. Directed by Vasili Pichul.

In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.

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Runtime: 1h 55m
Post-credits: None listed
Language: Russian
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Released: 25 March 1989
Original title: В городе Сочи тёмные ночи
Country: Italy, Soviet Union
Written by: Mariya Khmelik

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How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea (1989) was directed by Vasili Pichul and stars Aleksei Zharkov, Natalya Negoda, Aleksandr Mironov.