Autumn Marathon (Fr.: Marathon d’automne) (Osenniy marafon) (NTSC) (RUSCICO)

The main character of this tragicomedy, Bouzykine, has a gift for attracting people. He is always ready to offer his helping hand and cannot refuse anyone. A kind and gentle person, Bouzykine never thinks about himself, thus getting in all kinds of complicated situations. Making a choice, showing a preference for something or somebody at the expense of others is always a problem for him. This goes for his private life, too. Unwilling to cause pain to his mistress, he unintentionally hurts his wife, unable to make a final decision till the last moment. However, he tries to change the habitual course of events, and almost succeeds.




Awards:
· Big Golden Shell at the San Sebastian IFF, 1979;
· Prize for Best Actor (Yevgheny Leonov) and Jury Prize FIPRESCI at the Venice IFF, 1979;
· Grand-Prix at the Shamruss IFF of Comedies, 1980

Special Freatures:
· Pictures and filmography of the film’s authors;
· Candids from the shooting ground;
· Music of the composer A. Petrov;
· Teasers of the films coming next

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Pechalnaya komediya - tak nazval svoy film Georgiy Daneliya.

K geroyu etoy tragikomedii Buzykinu postoyanno tyanutsya lyudi. On otzyvchiv, nikomu ni v chem ne mozhet otkazat. Buduchi po harakteru myagkim chelovekom, Buzykin malo dumaet o sebe i postoyanno popadaet vo vsevozmozhnye nepriyatnye istorii. Neobhodimost delat vybor, otdavat predpochtenie chemu-to ili komu-to, dlya nego vsegda slozhnaya problema. Tak zhe i v lichnoy zhizni: ne zhelaya obidet lyubovnitsu, on nevolno obizhaet zhenu, pri etom, ne zhelaya teryat lyubovnitsu, nikak ne mozhet reshitsya na razvod… Odnako on probuet izmenit obychnyy poryadok veshchey, i eto emu pochti udaetsya.

Nagrady:
· "Bolshaya zolotaya rakovina" na MKF v San-Sebastyane, 1979;
· Priz za luchshuyu muzhskuyu rol (akter Evgeniy Leonov) i priz zhyuri FIPRESSI na MKF v Venetsii, 1979;
· "Gran pri" na MKF komediynyh filmov v Shamrusse, 1980

Dopolnitelnyy material (bonus-trek):
· Fotografii i filmografii sozdateley filma.
· Fotografii rabochih momentov semok filma.
· Muzyka kompozitora A.Petrova.
· Anonsy novyh filmov na DVD.