Evgeny Tsymbal
Director · b. 1949 · Yeysk, USSR (Russia)
Evgeny Vasilyevich Tsymbal (Russian: Евгений Васильевич Цымбал; born September 5, 1949; Yeysk) is a Soviet and Russian director of feature and documentary films, historian, screenwriter, and editor. Winner of the National Cinematography Award "Nika" (2002, 2006 and 2015), the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) award. In total, Evgeny Tsymbal's films have received about 50 prizes at domestic and international film festivals.
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Movie6.1ComedyDramaThe story follows Maria Konovalova who travels from her rural village to visit her daughter Nina in the city. Maria's arrival exposes the stark contrasts between rural and urban lifestyles and reveals deep-seated family tensions. Interestingly, Родня (Rodnya) in Russian sounds very similar to the word Родина (Rodina), which means "Motherland." The film features three generations of women — Maria, her daughter Nina, and her granddaughter Irina — symbolizing three different Russias: one from the past, one modern, and one representing the future.
Movie7.2DramaRomanceIn the town of Bryakhimov, noble but poor widow Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova seeks to arrange marriages for her three daughters. She maintains an “open house”, hoping to attract gentlemen well-off enough to marry a dowry-less girl for love.
MovieDramaA painter lives with his wife and four children in a studio. Due to creative frustrations and the irritation of admirers and hangers-on he becomes increasingly reclusive, finally sealing himself away in the attic. Based on an Albert Camus story.
Movie6.6DramaRomanceA flutist in the forgotten past, at present the husband of a “big man’s” daughter and head of one of the Chief Directorate’s sections felt unwell one day: the forty-year-old man had a pain in his heart. This unpleasant incident provided an opportunity to meet a nurse named Lida. However, their stormy love affair ended, with Filimonov returning to normal life and an unloved wife.