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A Driver for Vera is a russe film of genre Drama directed by Pavel Tchoukhraï released in USA on 11 november 2004 with Igor Petrenko
A Driver for Vera (2004)
Voditel dlia Very
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 november 2004
Length 1h52
Directed by Pavel Tchoukhraï
OriginRussie
Genres Drama
Rating70%
A Driver for Vera (Russian: Водитель для Веры, Voditel dlya Very) is a Ukrainian-Russian co-produced psychological drama film from 2004, set in 1962 Sevastopol, Ukraine, directed and written by Russian Pavel Chukhrai. The film won numerous Russian awards including Best Film at the Sochi Film Festival. The film's two-country origin resulted in the film being rejected as Ukraine's entry for the Academy Awards Best Foreign Film category for 2005, due to a rule which states, "[T]he submitting country must certify that creative talent of that country exercised artistic control of the film."
^ "Box office / business for Voditel dlya Very (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
^ Ganske, Charles (2008-08-23). "(A Driver for Vera) Reviewed". Russia Blog. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
^ indieWire November 3, 2004: Foreign Oscar Quandary: Academy Nixes "Maria," Colombia Adds "El Rey," and Other Stories from the Foreign-Lingo Category Relinked 2011-11-06
Synopsis
The film is set during the Khrushchev Thaw in Soviet Crimea, Ukraine, and concentrates on a young cadet in the Red Army named Viktor (Igor Petrenko), who becomes a chauffeur for a general (Bohdan Stupka) and begins a relationship with the general's disabled and volatile daughter, Vera (Alena Babenko). Viktor becomes involuntarily involved in a plot by the KGB whereby KGB agent Saveliev (Andrei Panin) pushes Viktor to spy on the general for KGB purposes. As the action develops around Viktor's relationship with Vera and his conflicted reasons for pursuing it, contrasted with the raw sexual tension between Viktor and the maid, Lida (Yekaterina Yudina) and her scathing attack on his motives rel Vera, the KGB, using Agent Saveliev, plots to take down and ultimately kill the general. Nobody is safe.Actors
Igor Petrenko
(Viktor)
Bohdan Stupka
(le lieutenant-général)
Marina Golub
(Zinaida)
Andreï Panine
(Adjutant Saveliev)
Alexandre Viktorovitch Dediouchko
(un travailleur)
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