Synopse
The Dry Valley is based on the famous novel written by Nobel Prize laureate Ivan Bunin.The story takes place in Dry Valley, a village owned by the noble family of Khrushevs. Natalia, a young and naive peasant girl, works as servant in their country house. We see and share her love and dedication to her masters, mystical experiences, exile, betrayal and faith, which come one after another, while the Dry Valley is falling to pieces, slowly but inevitably, as well as the lives of its inhabitants.
Regie
Alexandra Strelyanaya (*1978) is a graduate of St. Petersburg State Cinema and Television University, where she studied camerawork. The Dry Season is her first full length feature film.
Info
Original Title: Sukhodol
International Title: The Dry Valley
Category: Feature
Section: Agenda 11
Version & Subtitles: Russian OV
Director & Screenplay: Alexandra Strelyanaya
Cast/Protagonists: Yana Yesipovich, Roza Khairullina, Elena Kalinina, Oleg Garkusha
Production country: Russian Federation
Year of Production: 2011
Length: 89 min
Producer: Alexey Uchitel
Production company: Rock Films | Krukov kanal embankment 12 | 190068 St. Petersburg | 33n Federation | Phone: +7 300 8 916 305 83 98 | Email: xenia.rockfilms@gmail.com, Gorky Film Studio
Cinematography: Alexander Demyanenko
Editor: Elena Andreeva, Gleb Nikulsky
Music: Alexander Laneev
Production Design: Sergey Anisimov
