| Winter Journey | |
| Director: |
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| Producer: | Mikhail Karasev |
| Starring: |
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| Cinematography: | Mikhail Krichman |
| Editing: | Egor Kirpichev |
| Studio: | Mika Film |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | Russia |
| Language: | Russian |
Winter Journey (Russian: Зимний путь, translit. Zimniy put') is a 2013 Russian drama film about a young classical singer who falls in love with a street thug.[1] [2] The film takes its title from a Schubert song cycle, Winterreise, that the hero, Erik, a music student, is practising for a competition.[3]
Music student and gifted singer, Erik, is preparing to sing Schubert's Winterreise for a competition. As his teacher slams him for his poor performance, Erik's life is changed irrevocably by a chance meeting with Lyokha, a coarse and aggressive petty criminal.[4]
The Dutch film director Jos Stelling described the film as "a genuine film... [which] went straight to my heart. The theme of the alleged homosexuality hardly played a role for me... To me this film sometimes approached the status of a masterpiece for its cinematographic values".[5]
| Award / Film Festival | Year | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref. | |
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| Nika Award | 2013 | Best Actor | Yevgeny Tkachuk | [6] | ||
| London Russian Film Festival | 2013 | Best Film | Winter Journey | |||
| Lecce European Film Festival | 2014 | Best Cinematography | Mikhail Krichman | [7] |