Luna Park (1992)
September 9, 1992Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Oleg Borisov
Naoum Kheifitz
Natalya Yegorova
Alyona
Nonna Mordyukova
Aunt
Mykhaylo Holubovych
Mute guy
Aleksandr Feklistov
Boris Ivanovich
Tatyana Lebedkova
Prostitute
Klavdiya Kozlyonkova
janitor
Aleksandr Savin
Marharyta Hladunko
Ruslan Khabiev
Denis Burgazliev
Pavel Lungin
Director / Writer
Paul Rosenberg
Producer
Vladimir Posternak
Production Design
Georges Benayoun
Producer
Oleg Karavajchuk
Composer
Angelo Pastore
Producer
Paul Rosenberg
Producer
Dmitriy Sidorov
Producer
Denis Evstigneev
Director of Photography
Oleg Karavaychuk
Music
Isaac Schwarts
Music
Pavel Kaplevich
Production Design / Costume Design
Pierre Lorrain
Sound Director
Details.
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.