How I Ended This Summer is a 2010 Russian drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Alexei Popogrebski

Alexei Popogrebski

Alexei Popogrebski is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His 2010 film How I Ended This Summer was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.-Filmography:* Koktebel * Prostye veshchi...

. It was nominated for the Golden Bear

Golden Bear

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 at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival

60th Berlin International Film Festival

The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 11 to February 21, 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama Apart Together, in competition, while the closing film is Japanese...

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Plot

Two men, Sergei in a senior and Pavel (Grigoriy Dobrygin) in a junior position, work at an isolated meteorological station on an Arctic island. While Sergei is on an unauthorized fishing trip, Pavel is informed that Sergei's family has been in an accident. Pavel is supposed to tell this to Sergei, but he does not.

Cast

• Grigoriy Dobrygin - Pavel
• Sergei Puskepalis - Sergei
• Igor Csernyevics - Sofronov (voice)
• Ilya Sobolev - Volodia (voice)
• Artyom Tsukanov - Stas (voice)

Production

The main location for filming was the Valkarkai

Valkarkai

Valkarkai is a location in the very north of Chaunsky District, Chukotka, Russia on the Chukchi Sea. It is the site of a polar weather station established in 1932 and was the primary location used in the film How I Ended This Summer.-References:...

 polar station on the Chukchi Sea

Chukchi Sea

Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the De Long Strait, off Wrangel Island, and in the east by Point Barrow, Alaska, beyond which lies the Beaufort Sea. The Bering Strait forms its southernmost limit and connects it to the Bering Sea and the Pacific...

 in Arctic Russia.

Awards

• 60th Berlin International Film Festival
  60th Berlin International Film Festival
  The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 11 to February 21, 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama Apart Together, in competition, while the closing film is Japanese...
  
  
  • Silver Bear for Best Actor
    Silver Bear for Best Actor
    The Silver Bear for Best Actor is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actor.- Awards :- External links :*...
    
    : Grigoriy Dobrygin and Sergei Puskepalis
  • Outstanding Artistic Achievement in the Category Camera: Pavel Kostomarov
• 7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival
  • Ecumenical Jury Diploma
• 2010 London Film Festival
  • Best Film
• 46th Chicago International Film Festival
  Chicago International Film Festival
  The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America....
  
  
  • Gold Hugo — Best Film
• Golden Eagle Award
  Golden Eagle Award
  The Golden Eagle Award is an accolade by the Russian National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, directors, actors, and writers...
  
  
  • Golden Eagle — Best Film