''His Wife's Diary'' (russian: Дневник его жены, Dnevnik ego zheny) is a 2000 Russian biographical film directed by

Alexei Uchitel Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel (russian: Алексей Ефимович Учитель; born 31 August 1951) is a Russian film director. In 2002, he received the title People's Artist of Russia. Life and career Uchitel was born on 31 August 1951 ...

. It is a story about the last love affair of

Ivan Bunin Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the ...

(played by Andrei Smirnov). It is set in French Riviera in the 1940s. ''His Wife's Diary'' was awarded the Grand Prize of the

Kinotavr Kinotavr (russian: Кинотавр), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991, until it was cancelled in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasi ...

Festival and the 2000

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established i ...

for Best Film, Best Male Actor (Smirnov) and Best Cinematography (Klimenko). It was Russia's submission to the

73rd Academy Awards The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 2000 in film and took place on March 25, 2001, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST ...

for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the

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n writer

. The love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet Galina Plotnikova, opera singer Marga Kovtun and literary man Leonid Gurov.

Cast

* Andrei Smirnov as

* Galina Tyunina as Vera Bunina *

Olga Budina Olga Alexandrovna Budina (russian: О́льга Алекса́ндровна Бу́дина, born 22 February 1975) is a Russian theater and film actress. Biography Olga Budina was born in Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Sh ...

as Galina Plotnikova * Yevgeny Mironov as Leonid Gurov * Elena Morozova as Marga Kovtun * Dani Kogan as Zhanna * Yuri Stepanov as a guest at the reception

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* 2000 films 2000 biographical drama films Films set in the 1940s 2000s Russian-language films Films directed by Alexei Uchitel Russian biographical drama films Films scored by Leonid Desyatnikov Films set in France 2000 drama films {{Russia-film-stub

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