Zone of Lyube
| Zone of Lyube | |
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| Russian: Зона Любэ | |
| Directed by | Dmitry Zolotukhin |
| Written by | Dmitriy Zolotukhin |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Oleg Martynov |
| Edited by | Yelena Taraskina |
| Music by | Igor Matvienko |
Production companies | Gorky Film Studio White Wind |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 min. |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Zone of Lyube (Russian: Зона Любэ, romanized: Zona Lyube) is a 1994 Russian musical drama film directed by Dmitry Zolotukhin.[1][2][3]
Plot
The film shows a concert of the Lyube group in zones and prisons, the audience of which are prisoners, security guards, men, women and teenagers, each song of which becomes someone's personal fate.[4]
Cast
- Marina Levtova as Lena, journalist
- Nikolay Rastorguyev as cameo
- Fyodor Sukhov as Sedoy
- Sergey Sazontyev as major
- Irina Rozanova as a prisoner's wife
- Andrey Podoshian as Gypsy (elder brother)
- Valery Garkalin as Silnyy
- Aleksey Serebryakov as Andrey Egorov
- Marina Golub as Ozornaya
- Yevgeny Vesnik[5] as Rynochnik
- Natalya Khorokhorina as Lukavaya
- Vladimir Kashpur as prisoner
Critical response
The film became an important milestone in the history of the group.[6] At the same time, Andrei Titov, in his review for Iskusstvo Kino, wrote that the debutant director acted uncertainly, and called the dramatic component of the film “helpless”.[7]
Soundtrack
The film features the following songs from the group's discography:
- "White Swan" (Белый лебедь, features an edited, shorter arrangement from the studio track)
- "The Orphan of Kazan" (Сирота Казанская)
- "Horse" (Конь, features an alternate arrangement from the studio track)
- "Moon" (Луна)
- "Out in the Wild" (На воле)
- "Little Sister" (Младшая сестрёнка)
- "Keep rocking" (Давай-наяривай, originally from the previous album of the group - "Who said we lived badly?..", 1992)
- "Forgive me, mother" (Ты прости меня, мама)
- "Finale" (later part of "Out in the Wild")
- "The Road" (Дорога)
The composer for all tracks is Igor Matvienko. The lyricists are Alexander Shaganov (3, 6-8, 10), Mikhail Andreev (1, 5, 8) and Vladimir Baranov (2).
References
- ↑ Группе «Любэ» исполняется 25 лет
- ↑ Расторгуев Николай Вячеславович. Биографическая справка
- ↑ TV на будущей неделе
- ↑ Зона Любэ // КиноПоиск
- ↑ Zone of Lyube (1995) Full Cast / Crew
- ↑ Contemporary musicians of pop, rock, and jazz: a brief biographical dictionary / Svetlana Kovalenko — Ripol Classic, 2002 — 605 p. — p. 105
- ↑ Andrey Titov, Iskusstvo Kino. — № 5, 1996