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Day of the Full Moon, a series of vignettes from Russia past and present, summons the spirit of Ophuls’ La Ronde, Altman’s Nashville and Short Cuts, and the time-shifting strategies of Resnais (Mon Oncle d’Amérique) to tell provocative, connected stories illustrating the waltz of years and whim of memory. In 1948, a young man, a boy, and a waiter are captivated during the full moon by a mysterious woman in a lilac dress. The effects of this event ripple across the years, washing over more than 80 characters, including a disc jockey, a fairy princess, a gangster, Alexander Pushkin, and a nostalgic dog. But which of these are dreams, and which reality? Director Shakhnazarov continues his career-long focus on the intersection of past and present with this mysterious, exhilarating mosaic of humankind, which in the end both seduces and satisfies.

Genres: Drama

Starring: Anna Germ, Andrei Panin, Yelena Koreneva

Released: August 29, 1998

Runtime: 93.0

Popularity Rating: 0.184

Kuryer, Mosfilm

Russia

Woman in purple Anna Germ
Captain Andrei Panin
Zoya Yelena Koreneva
Rebrov Vladimir Ilin
Script writer Valeriy Priyomykhov
Director Valeriy Storozhik
Egor Valery Afanasiev
Vera Galina Anisimova
Call girl Anna Sinyakina
Monk Filipp Yankovskiy

Art — Production Design: Lyudmila Kusakova
Camera — Director of Photography: Gennadi Karyuk
Directing — Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Editing — Editor: Lidiya Milioti
Production — Executive Producer: Galina Shadur
Production — Producer: Vladimir Dostal
Sound — Original Music Composer: Anatoli Kroll
Sound — Sound: Igor Mayorov
Writing — Writer: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Writing — Writer: Karen Shakhnazarov