September 9, 1992
Release Date

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Luna Park (1992)

Name: Luna Park
Genre: Drama
Released: 1992-09-09

1h 51m

Running Time

September 9, 1992
Release Date

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Plot.

Andrei is the head of a gang of antisemitic skinheads clinging to the old communist ideals in post-Communist Moscow. When he learns that his long lost father actually is a Jewish bohemian living in Moscow, rather than an Afghanistan war hero, he traces him down in order to kill him. But the intriguing father and his "reactionary" lifstyle soon fascinates Andrei which leads to a clash with his gang.

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Details.

Release Date
September 9, 1992

Original Name
Луна-парк

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 51m

Genres
Drama

Wiki.

Luna Park (Russian: Луна-парк; 1992) is a Franco-Russian produced film. The second feature film of Russian director Pavel Lungin, it depicts the story of a young antisemitic skinhead leader, Andrei Leonov (Andrei Gutin), who is forced to come to terms with the discovery that his father, Naoum Kheifitz (Oleg Borisov), is of Jewish ancestry.

The film, of the chernukha (Russian: чернуха, roughly "black stuff") genre, follows Andrei as he explores his heritage and the relationship he begins with his father.

Luna Park was shown at the Toronto Festival of Festivals on 13 September 1992 (1992-09-13), and was released in New York in January 1994.

It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. The composer Isaak Schwarz won a Nika Award from the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences for the film's music.