Marigolds in Flower
Marigolds in Flower is a 1998 Russian drama film directed by Sergey Snezhkin.
Plot
The film tells about the "new Russians" who want to buy a cottage and find themselves in the house of a dead writer, whose family members meet the main characters in different ways.Cast
- Era Ziganshina as Seraphima
- Marina Solopchenko as Anna
- Kseniya Rappoport as Yelena
- Yulia Sharikova as Masha
- Lyubov Malinovskaya as Inessa Iosifovna
- German Orlov as Billi Bons
- Sergey Dreyden as Nikolai
- Nikolay Lavrov as Rusetsky
- Alexander Tyutryumov as Dzhigurda
- Ivan I. Krasko as Trofimych
Production
The fictional Soviet nomenklatura poet Georgy Platonovich Protasov is a composite character, but the film includes quotes from real works by Soviet poets: an excerpt from Nikolai Tikhonov's poem "Sami" and songs based on the poems of Yevgeny Dolmatovsky "The Danube Wreath" and "Behind the Factory Outpost".Reception
Awards
Grand Prix and prize for best acting at the Russian Film Festival. The Nika Award’98 in the categories: Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.Critical response
Dmitry Bykov noted: "Certainly, 'Marigolds in Flower' parodies the Chekhovian tradition—but with the significant difference that Snezhkin abandoned the most constructed character from 'The Cherry Orchard', namely Lopakhin, with his business acumen, the actor's slender fingers, his kind heartand his complete inability to understand others. Here, instead of Lopakhin, there are two new Russians". Vechernyaya Moskva newspaper critic Elena Golovanova wrote: "The setting of 'Marigolds in Flower' is awe-inspiring. A whole team of fashion designers and artists worked on the film's design. Hats made of blue wire with bells, dresses made of cobwebs and painted chiffon—the entire film is filled with a multitude of "gadgets" that create a refined, bohemian chic and—well, style. Admittedly, in some places it even goes overboard, but it's not a sin to get carried away".