The Country of The Deaf
a VALERY TODOROVSKY picture
Synopsis
Rita is on the run because her boyfriend can’t pay his mafia gambling debts. Jaja, a deaf nightclub dancer, offers Rita a place to hide. Jaja teaches Rita some survival tips in the hopes that she’ll dump her thug boyfriend. Rita finds herself involved in another kind of underground society – that of the deaf. While Rita adjusts to new rules and customs, Jaja dreams of a utopian land of the deaf, where kindness prevails and all inhabitants are deaf.
Stills
Festivals
& Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
(In Competition)
Brussels International Film Festival
Nika Awards
Best Actress, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor or Actress
Seattle International Film Festival
New Director’s Showcase Awards
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Geneva Film Festival
Best Actress
Chicago International Film Festival
Russian Guild of Film Critics
Best Film
Best Score
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor or Actress
Cast & Crew
| Dina Korzun | |
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| Chulpan Khamatova | |
| Maxim Sukhanov | |
| Nikita Tiunin |
| Director | Valery Todorovsky |
|---|---|
| Screenplay | Yuri Korotkov, Valery Todorovsky |
| Adapted from | Renata Litvinova's "To Posses and to Bel" |
| Producer | Sergey Livnev |
| Cinematographer | Yuri Shaigardanov |
| Sound | Gleb Kravetskiy |
| Art Director | Sergey Ivanov |
| Music | Alexey Aigi |
| Editors | Natalya Kucherenko, Irina Tretyakova |
