8 First Dates
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| Directed by | David Dodson Aleksandr Malyarevsky |
| Written by | Mikhail Savin Yuri Kostiuk Dmitry Grigorenko Yuri Mikulenko Timofey Saenko Volodymyr Zelenskyy Boris Shefir Sergey Shefir Andrey Yakovlev |
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| Cinematography | Bruce Allan Green |
| Edited by | David Dodson |
| Music by | Bryan Carr |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
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| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $2.3 million |
| Box office | $7,456,577 [1] |
8 First Dates (Russian: «8 первых свиданий», romanized: 8 pervykh svidaniy; Ukrainian: «8 перших побачень», romanized: 8 pershykh pobachen') is a 2012 Russian-Ukrainian[2][3] romantic comedy film directed by David Dodson and Aleksandr Malyarevsky.[4] It stars Oksana Akinshina and Volodymyr Zelenskyy alongside Denis Nikiforov and Ekaterina Varnava.[5]
Plot
[edit]Vera and Nikita don't know each other, but they have one thing in common: they both chose the same venue to celebrate their personal successes. Vera is a successful TV presenter with her own talk show, and she is engaged to Konstantin, a famous tennis player. Nikita is a highly sought-after vet who has proposed to Ilona, a plastic surgeon. Everything is going well for them: they are happy, and their friends support their choices. However, one morning, Vera and Nikita wake up in the same bed, and everything changes. Assuming that this must be the result of a wild night, they run off in different directions, hoping to forget it all as a bad dream.
But the next morning, they wake up in the same bed in the same house, despite each of them being certain that they fell asleep at home. This continues for several more days. Some mysterious force keeps bringing them together, ruining their privacy and perhaps suggesting that they are destined to be together.
Cast
[edit]- Oksana Akinshina as Vera Kazantseva
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Nikita Sokolov[6]
- Denis Nikiforov as Konstantin
- Ekaterina Varnava as Ilona
- Olesya Zheleznyak as Zinaida Ivanovna, manager
- Yevgeny Koshevoy as taxi driver
- Svetlana Khodchenkova as passenger in a taxi
- Victor Vasilyev as Alexey
- Soso Pavliashvili as cameo (singer at the festival)
- Gorod 312 as cameo
- Kostya Nakonechny as Kolya
- Igor Jijikine as Kolya's father
- Yelena Kondulainen as Vera's mother
Awards
[edit]In 2013, the film received the Russian National Movie Awards as the Best Russian Comedy of the Year.[7]
2020 ban
[edit]In 2020, 8 First Dates was banned by the Ukrainian State Film Agency because one of its actresses, Ekaterina Varnava, visited Crimea during the Russian occupation to attend a comedy show in 2016. She was then blacklisted for five years.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "8 первых свиданий". Kinobusiness.
- ^ "Кино | "Студия Квартал-95"". 2012-05-09. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^ "Ukraine Bans Movies Starring Zelenskiy, Seagal, Depardieu Over National Security Concerns". The Moscow Times. 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^ Valentin Trayansky (October 2020). Игроки. Фигуры. Пешки. Секреты великих людей. Litres. ISBN 9785041199807.
- ^ "8 первых свиданий". VokrugTV.
- ^ "Владимир Зеленский: Животные и дети ничего не прощают". KinoPoisk.
- ^ "Церемония награждения "Жорж 2013"". national-movie-awards.ru. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Current Time (19 February 2020). "Ukraine Bans Zelenskiy Film Over Inclusion Of Russian Co-Star". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
External links
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- 8 First Dates at IMDb
- 8 First Dates on Kvartal-95 Studio