Bury Me Behind the Baseboard
2009 Russian film
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Bury Me Behind the Baseboard (Russian: Похорoните меня за плинтусом, romanized: Pokhoronite 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.[1][2]
Pavel Sanayev
Mikhail Litvak
Leonid Litvak
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Aleksei Petrenko
Maria Shukshina
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| Directed by | Sergey Snezhkin |
| Written by | Sergey Snezhkin Pavel Sanayev |
| Produced by | Vladimir Zheleznikov Mikhail Litvak Leonid Litvak |
| Starring | Aleksandr Drobitko Svetlana Kryuchkova Aleksei Petrenko Maria Shukshina |
| Cinematography | Vladislav Gurtchin |
| Edited by | Marina Vasilieva |
| Music by | Svyatoslav Kurashov |
Production companies | Globus Film Studio Ministry of Culture |
| Distributed by | RUSCICO |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $1 million |
Plot
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
- Aleksandr Drobitko as Grandson
- Svetlana Kryuchkova as Grandma
- Aleksei Petrenko as Granddad
- Maria Shukshina as Mother
- Konstantin Vorobyov as Tolik
- Valery Kukhareshin as Aaron Moiseevich, homeopath
Production
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
Winner of the 2009 Nika Award in the categories "Best Actress" (Svetlana Kryuchkova) and "Best Supporting Actress" (Maria Shukshina).[6]