''It Doesn't Hurt Me'' () is a 2006 Russian film directed by Aleksey Balabanov. The film was released on June 15, 2006 in Russia and stars

Renata Litvinova Renata Muratovna Litvinova (born 12 January 1967) is a Russian actress, film director, and screenwriter. Biography Was born in Moscow to Volga Tatars, Volga Tatar father Murat Aminovich Vergazov and a Russians, Russian mother, Alisa Mikhailo ...

Aleksandr Yatsenko Aleksandr Viktorovich Yatsenko (; born 22 May 1977) is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2003. Selected filmography References External links * 1977 births Living people Actors from Volgograd Russian m ...

, and

Dmitri Dyuzhev Dmitri Petrovich Dyuzhev (; born July 9, 1978) is a Russian film and stage actor and singer. Early life Was born on July 9, 1978, in Astrakhan, in the family of actor Petr Dyuzhev and Ludmila Dyuzheva. In 1995 he graduated the "School of Gifte ...

as three young adults living in St.Petersburg.

Synopsis

Tata (

) is a vivacious young woman whose health is deteriorating due to

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia; pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or '' ...

. When she meets Misha (Aleksandr Yatsenko) and Oleg (

), the three hit it off well and Tata begins to date Misha. The problem is that she keeps her diagnosis from Misha, which complicates the relationship.

Cast

as Tata *

as Misha *

as Oleg *

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (; born 21 October 1945) is a Russian filmmaker and actor. He made his directorial debut with the Red Western film ''At Home Among Strangers'' (1974) after appearing in a series of films, including the romantic com ...

as Sergei Sergeyevich *

Inga Strelkova-Oboldina Inga Petrovna Strelkova-Oboldina (; born 23 December 1968) is a Russian theatre and film actor, actress. Biography Oboldina was born in the small Ural (region), Ural town of Kyshtym, into a family of engineers. After high school, she studied a ...

as Alya (as Inga Oboldina-Strelkova) * Valentin Kuznetsov as Vasya * Sergey Makovetskiy as Doctor * Mark Rudinstein as Zilberman * Marina Solopchenko as Zilberman's wife * Mariya Nikiforova as Doctor's wife * Ilya Mozgovoy as Security guard Sasha * Sami Hurskulahti as Otto * Veronika Dmitriyeva as Girl in train * Dariya Utkina as Tanya (as Dasha Utkina) * Marina Shpakovskaya as Prostitute

Reception

'' Time Out Russia'' gave the movie a positive review and called it a "strong melodrama". '' Seans'', a Saint Petersburg-published magazine specializing on cinema published a number of short review of the most influential authors. The reviews were generally positive, and, in particular, they emphasized a good performance of Litvinova.

Awards

*''Best Actress'' at the MTV Movie Awards, Russia (2007, nominated - Renata Litvinova) *''Best Actor'' at the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (2006, won - Aleksandr Yatsenko) *''Best Actress'' at the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (2006, won - Renata Litvinova) *''Grand Prize'' at the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (2006, nominated) *''Best film'', Golden Eagle Award (2006, nominated)

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