Happy Birthday!

Overview

Blending dramatic situations with a documentary-influenced visual style, Happy Birthday looks in at a typical day in a Russian maternity hospital. The patients range from a middle aged woman pleased if surprised by her current pregnancy to a Muslim woman whose marriage to a Russian has blighted her relationship with her family. No matter what their situations, the women draw strength and support from each other as they share their common experience.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 1, 1998

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Russia

Cast

Gulnara Mkhitaryan,Irina Proshina,Evgeniya Turkina,Mariya Kuzmina,Rano Kubaeva,Lyubov Starkova,Oksana Pototskaya,Raisa Sazonova,Lyudmila Kuznetsova,Oleg Ukhovand 6 more

Director

Larisa Sadilova

Writer

Larisa Sadilova

Producer

Gennadi Sidorov

Cinematography

Irina Uralskaya,Aleksandr Kazarenskov

Music

Sergei Rachmaninoff,Georgy Sviridov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0246672