Little Vera
Country
Production
Budget
$0
Box office
$1 262 598
Director
Vasili Pichul
Actors
Natalya Negoda, Andrey Sokolov, Yuriy Nazarov, Lyudmila Zaytseva, Aleksandr Negreba, Aleksandra Tabakova, Andrey Fomin, Aleksandr Mironov, Aleksandr Lenkov, A. Vasilyev
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Yuriy Prober
Camera operator
Efim Reznikov
Composer
Vladimir Matetsky
Artist
Vladimir Posternak
Audition
Editing
Yelena Zabolotskaya
Whole Team (25)
Whole Team (25)
Short description
Vera is a troubled teenager fresh out of school feeling trapped in her provincial port town during the turbulent times of perestroika. Her days and nights are filled with drinking, sex, and family dysfunction.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was shot in the city of Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR (now the city of Mariupol, Ukraine).
- The film received numerous awards at international festivals: the Golden Hugo Grand Prix for Best Film at the 1988 Chicago International Film Festival, the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 1988 Montreal World Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1988 Venice Film Festival, the 'Côte Bleue' award at the 1989 International Film Festival in Troyes, the Grand Prix for Best Feature Film at the 1989 International Film Festival in Angers, among others.
- Irina Apeksimova was originally planned for the role of Vera, but she was cast in the film 'The Tower' instead.
- After the film's release, Natalya Negoda became a sex symbol.
- One in five people in the USSR saw the film in theaters—a total of 56 million moviegoers.
- In terms of attendance, it ranks 24th among domestic films in the entire history of Soviet cinema distribution.
- The film became one of the most striking cinematic events of the late 1980s.
- The first Soviet film to depict a sexual act.
Similar movies
8.5/10
8.4/10
8.1/10
8.1/10
8.1/10
7.9/10
7.9/10
7.9/10
7.9/10
7.9/10
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
