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Happy Days (Russian: Счастливые дни, translit. Schastlivye dni) is a 1991 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksei Balabanov. It was Balabanov's feature film debut. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Cast. Viktor Sukhorukov; Anzhelika Nevolina; Yevgeni Merkuryev; Georgi Tejkh ...
Jun 23, 2003 · Happy Days: Directed by Aleksey Balabanov. With Viktor Sukhorukov, Anzhelika Nevolina, Evgeniy Merkurev, Georgiy Teykh. The story begins when a young man with a head injury is released from the hospital and begins searching modern-day St. Petersburg for a room or a place to stay.
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- Aleksey Balabanov
- 2003-06-23
In this dark, slow-paced and enigmatic film, the title Schastlivye Dni (Happy Days) is definitely a bit on the ironic side. The story begins when a young man with a head injury is released from the hospital and begins searching modern-day St. Petersburg for a room or a place to stay.
A discussion of Aleksei Balabanov's feature debut, the Beckett-inspired HAPPY DAYS (1991), that analyzes the film's departures from Beckett's monologue approach in terms of the larger of arc of the reception of Beckett in the USSR/Russia.
- John MacKay
Happy Days is a film directed by Aleksei Balabanov with Viktor Sukhorukov, Anzhelika Nevolina, Yevgeni Merkuryev, Georgi Tejkh, Nikolai Lavrov. Year: 1991. Original title: Schastlivye dni (Happy Days).
The story begins when a young man with a head injury is released from the hospital and begins searching modern-day St. Petersburg for a room or a place to stay.
Nobody wants to know him except a blind beggar with a donkey and an aristocratic woman turned prostitute. Superb black and white photography. Unlike most American films, a trim 86 minutes long - less is certainly more in this case. 9 out of 13 found this helpful.
