The Year of the Dog (film)

This article is about the 1994 Russian film. For the 2007 American film, see Year of the Dog (film).

The Year of the Dog (Russian: Год собаки, romanized: God sobaki) is a 1994 Russian romantic drama film directed by Semyon Aranovich. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.^[1]

The Year of the Dog
Film poster
Directed by	Semyon Aranovich
Written by	Zoya Kudrya
Produced by	Semyon Aranovich
Starring	Igor Sklyar
Cinematography	Yuri Shajgardanov
Edited by	Tamara Guseva
Release date	February 1994 (1994-02)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Plot

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Vera does not leave him. At that moment three looters come to the territory.

Cast

• Inna Churikova as Vera
• Igor Sklyar as Sergej
• Aleksandr Feklistov
• Era Ziganshina
• Mikhail Dorofeyev
• Sergei Bobrov
• Gennadi Menshikov
• Valentina Kovel
• Robert Vaab
• Diana Shishlyayeva
• Irina Polyanskaya
• Dmitri Kruglov
• Tatyana Zakharova
• Marina Yuldasheva
• Viktor Sukhorukov