Ihor Minayev
Ihor Minayev is a Ukrainian and French film director, screenwriter, and actor. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow and began his career in Ukraine. Minayev's notable works include First Floor (1990), The Flood (1994), and The Cacophony... Read full bio →
Daleko ot Sanset Bulvara
The thirties, the heyday of Soviet film production. The story of the famed couple's glory — a filmmaker and actress, behind the external well-being of which were hidden strange contradictory relationships and a sense of fear that they carried through their whole lives.
Pervyy etazh
Although he is only eighteen, twenty-year-old Nadia permits Sergei to move into her apartment and share her bed. However, his callowness swiftly bores her, and she is unable to hide her increasing disdain for him. Understandably, this is a matter of some distress for him.