''Passions'', whose title () can also be translated "Enthusiasms," is a 1994 drama by Ukrainian director Kira Muratova based on the novellas of Boris Dedyukhin. It was screened at the

Locarno Festival The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narr ...

in 1994. It received two

Nika Awards 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. In 2022 nominees were announced, b ...

, for Best Picture and Best Director (Muratova). The picture also won the Special Jury Prize of the

Kinotavr Kinotavr (), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival was 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 invasion of Ukraine.horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ...

and the

jockeys A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...

are fond of the women. Star jockey Oleg Nikolaev teaches Violetta horse riding and another horseman who is also interested in the same girl, summons Oleg Nikolayev to a duel.

Cast

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 ...

– Lilia *Svetlana Kolenda – Violetta *Mikhail Demidov – Kasyanov *Aleksei Shevchenko – Sasha Milashevski *Sergei Popov – instructor

References

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* 1994 films Russian drama films Russian-language drama films 1994 drama films Films directed by Kira Muratova 1990s Russian films 1990s Russian-language films 1990s Ukrainian films {{ukraine-film-stub