Room and a Half
Directed byAndrei Khrzhanovsky
Written byYuri Arabov
Andrei Khrzhanovsky
Produced byAndrei Khrzhanovsky
Artyom Vasilyev
StarringAlisa Freindlich
Sergei Yursky
Grigoriy Dityatkovsky
CinematographyVladimir Brylyakov
Production
company
School Studio Shar
Distributed byCinecliq (Russia)
Seagull Films (USA)
Release date
2009
Running time
130 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Room and a Half (Russian: Полторы комнаты, или сентиментальное путешествие на родину) is a 2009 Russian biographical film. It won three Nika Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Khrzhanovsky) and Best Screenplay.[1] It also received the Best Film award in the East of the West section at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[2]

Plot

The film is a fictionalized account of writer Joseph Brodsky. Much of the action incorporates animation to create an ethereal feeling. Director Khrzhanovsky stated The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks is a sequel to the Room and a Half. A third sequel is planned that will unite all the films into a future trilogy.[3]

Cast

Reception

Room and a Half has an approval rating of 94% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 16 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10.[4] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Лауреаты Национальной кинематографической премии "НИКА" за 2009 год". Nika Award.
  2. ↑ "Final Press Release (July 11th, 2009)" (PDF). Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
  3. ↑ ""Если бы речь шла только об отрицании, пароход современности далеко бы не уплыл"". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  4. ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_room_and_a_half
  5. ↑ https://www.metacritic.com/movie/room-and-a-half?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c


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