Zhili-byli my
One beautiful summer morning in a small Russian country town, six-year Marussya wakes up to the sound of her parents arguing. When her mum departs 'for the city' with no set date for return, and her dad suggests that he and Marussya take a train to Lake Baikal, Marussya is determined to delay the departure. She improvises a fairy tale, in which her mum, as a school-age girl, sets off on a dangerous journey to an imagined Russian past to save Marussya's dad, then her schoolmate.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Released
- 2017
- Country
- Russia
Details
Release year: 2017
Storyline
One beautiful summer morning in a small Russian country town, six-year Marussya wakes up to the sound of her parents arguing. When her mum departs 'for the city' with no set date for return, and her dad suggests that he and Marussya take a train to Lake Baikal, Marussya is determined to delay the departure. She improvises a fairy tale, in which her mum, as a school-age girl, sets off on a dangerous journey to an imagined Russian past to save Marussya's dad, then her schoolmate.
Top credits
- Sonya Galishnikova — Marusya
- Leonid Bichevin — Dad
- Anya Korneva — Sanka
Dmitriy Pevtsov — Count Mauvais
Did you know
• The film is an adaptation of a children novel 'A crystal key, or A tale of us' by Alexander Adabashyan and Anna Tchernakova, first published in 2013 (AST).
• The film received a Russian Film Academy (Zolotoi Orel) nomination for set design (production designer Alexander Adabashyan).
• Film employs various kinds of hand-made animation, combined with live action.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby SR
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- Color
- Color
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