Bury Me Behind the Baseboard

Bury Me Behind the Baseboard (Russian: Похорoните меня за плинтусом, romanizedPokhoronite menya za plintusom) is a 2009 Russian psychological drama film directed by Sergey Snezhkin, based on the autobiographical story of the same name by Pavel Sanayev [ru].[1][2]

Bury Me Behind the Baseboard
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Directed bySergey Snezhkin
Written bySergey Snezhkin
Pavel Sanayev
Produced byVladimir Zheleznikov
Mikhail Litvak
Leonid Litvak
StarringAleksandr Drobitko
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Aleksei Petrenko
Maria Shukshina
CinematographyVladislav Gurtchin
Edited byMarina Vasilieva
Music bySvyatoslav Kurashov
Production
companies
Globus Film Studio
Ministry of Culture
Distributed byRUSCICO
Release date
  • 3 December 2009 (2009-12-03)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$1 million

Plot

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Eight-year-old Sasha Savelyev lives with his grandmother and actor-grandfather. The boy is not given to his mother. The grandmother takes care of her often ill grandson and brings him up with crazy love, which gradually turns into a real tyranny.

Cast

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Production

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Actresses Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Elena Sanayeva and Era Ziganshina claimed the role of grandmother.[3]

Svetlana Kryuchkova claims that many of the film's scenes, which made it closer to the book, were cut at the behest of the producers.[4][5]

Accolades

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Winner of the 2009 Nika Award in the categories "Best Actress" (Svetlana Kryuchkova) and "Best Supporting Actress" (Maria Shukshina).[6]

References

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  1. ^ Александр Нечаев (2009-11-26). "Павел Санаев: "В кино не должно быть правды жизни"". Комсомольская правда. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  2. ^ Екатерина Визгалова (2009-06-13). "Кинотавр 2009 / День шестой / Конкурс / «Похороните меня за плинтусом»". kino-teatr.ru.
  3. ^ "Похорoните меня за плинтусом". КиноПоиск. 2009-12-23.
  4. ^ Александр Нечаев (2009-12-02). "Актриса Светлана Крючкова: "На съёмках меня чуть саму не похоронили за плинтусом!"". Комсомольская правда. Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  5. ^ "Похороните меня за плинтусом (фотогалерея, часть 1)". Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  6. ^ Пётр Ненароков, Сергей Савостьянов (2010-04-01). "Вчера в Москве назвали лауреатов премии «Ника 2010»" (in Russian). Российская газета. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
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