Day of the Full Moon (1998)★ 6.9/10

Name: Day of the Full Moon
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Anna Germ, Andrey Panin, Elena Koreneva, Vladimir Ilin, Valeriy Priyomykhov

RU · 93 min · January 1, 1998

Drama

Directed by: Karen Shakhnazarov

Written by: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Karen Shakhnazarov

Under a full moon in Soviet Russia, a mysterious woman's encounter with three men ripples across generations, intertwining the fates of poets, princesses, and dreamers in an ethereal tapestry of love and destiny.

Cast & crew

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Anna GermWoman in purple

Andrey PaninCaptain

Elena KorenevaZoya

Vladimir IlinRebrov

Valeriy PriyomykhovScript writer

Valeriy StorozhikDirector

Valeriy AfanasevEgor

Galina AnisimovaVera

Anna SinyakinaCall girl

Filipp YankovskiyMonk

Nikolay ChindyaykinSlava

Nadezhda VasilyevaBorte

Reviews

seamouseMarch 5, 2025

A contemplative gaze at Russia during Yeltsin’s final years, Day of the Full Moon constantly shifts perspectives between the observer and the observed, capturing the states of different individuals. The film even lets its gaze transcend Moscow, traversing time and space—from the vast steppes of Central Asia to Pushkin’s Caucasus—ultimately crystallizing into the full moon of director Shakhnazarov’s vision.