Happy Birthday (1998 film)
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Happy Birthday is an award-winning 1998
Russia
n drama film
written and directed by Larisa Sadilova.
1998 in film
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Russia
Russia
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n 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...
written and directed by Larisa Sadilova.
Plot
Happy Birthday follows events during a day at a Russian maternity hospital, focussing on several women who are patients there.Cast
- Patrick Baehr as Kai Leist
- Gulya Stolyarova
- Irina Prosyina
- Eugene Turkina
- Lyuba Starkova
- Masha Kuzmina
- Rano Kubaeva
Awards
- 1998: Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema
- FIPRESCI Prize (Larisa Sadilova)
- Honorable Mention for Feature Film Competition (Larisa Sadilova)
- 1999: Créteil International Women's Film Festival
- Grand Prix (Larisa Sadilova)