His Wife's Diary
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His Wife's Diary is a 2000 Russian film
directed
by Alexei Uchitel
. It is a story about the last love affair of Ivan Bunin (played by Andrei Smirnov). It is set in the French Riviera
in the 1940s.
His Wife's Diary was awarded the Grand Prize of the Kinotavr
Festival and the 2004 Nika Award
for Best Film. It was Russia's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Cinema of Russia
The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed under the Soviet and in the years following the fall of the Soviet system, the Russian film industry would remain internationally recognised...
directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Alexei Uchitel
Alexei Uchitel
Aleksei Efimovich Uchitel is a Russian film director. His 2010 film The Edge was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it didn't make the final shortlist.-External links:**...
. It is a story about the last love affair of Ivan Bunin (played by Andrei Smirnov). It is set in the French Riviera
French Riviera
The Côte d'Azur, pronounced , often known in English as the French Riviera , is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France, also including the sovereign state of Monaco...
in the 1940s.
His Wife's Diary was awarded the Grand Prize of the Kinotavr
Kinotavr
Kinotavr , also known as Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival carried out in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991...
Festival and the 2004 Nika Award
Nika Award
The Nika Award is a prestigious annual ceremony held by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences which was established in 1987 in Moscow, Russia by Yuli Gusman, and ostensibly modelled on the Academy Awards . Russian Academy Award takes its name from Nike, the goddess of victory...
for Best Film. It was Russia's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards
73rd Academy Awards
The 73rd Academy Awards honored the best films of 2000 and was held on March 25, 2001. It was the last Academy Awards to take place at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium...
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.