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.
Directing | Karen Shakhnazarov | Director |
Camera | Gennady Karyuk | Director of Photography |
Art | Lyudmila Kusakova | Production Design |
Sound | Anatoli Kroll | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Karen Shakhnazarov | Writer |
Sound | Igor Mayorov | Sound |
Writing | Aleksandr Borodyanskiy | Writer |
Editing | Lidiya Milioti | Editor |
Production | Vladimir Dostal | Producer |
Production | Galina Shadur | Executive Producer |
Visual Effects | Vladimir Vasilyev | Visual Effects Camera |
Camera | Mikhail Blinov | Additional Director of Photography |
Directing | Tatyana Saulkina | Assistant Director |
Sound | Yevgeniy Bazanov | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Sergey Dubkov | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Costume & Make-Up | Iya Perminova | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Soldatenkova | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Igor Laptev | Stunt Coordinator |