Morphine (film)

2008 Russian drama film

Morphine

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Directed by| Aleksei Balabanov
Written by| Mikhail Bulgakov
Sergei Bodrov, Jr.
Starring| Leonid Bichevin
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Andrei Panin
Cinematography| Alexandr Simonov

Release date

* 27 November 2008 (2008-11-27)

Country| Russia
Language| Russian

Morphine (Russian: Морфий, romanized: Morphiy) is a 2008 Russian film directed by Aleksei Balabanov, using the script by Sergei Bodrov Jr., based on the semi-autobiographical short stories by Mikhail Bulgakov.[1]

## Plot

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The film takes place in late autumn and early winter of 1917 during the events of the October Revolution and the beginning of the Russian Civil War. A young Russian doctor called Mikhail Polyakov (Leonid Bichevin) arrives at a small hospital in a remote village in Yaroslavl Governorate. Having freshly graduated from medical school, with little experience, he is the only doctor in the rural district. He works hard, earning the respect of his small staff (one paramedic and two nurses).

After an allergic reaction to a diphtheria vaccination, he has his nurse Anna give him morphine to negate the effects. Gradually he slips into addiction.

## Soundtrack

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Songs performed by Alexander Vertinsky - "Tango Magnolia", "Snow Lullaby", "Cocainetka" - were used in the soundtrack of the film.

## Awards

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At the 2009 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards Aleksei Balabanov received the prize Best Director.[2]

## See also

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* A Young Doctor's Notebook, 2012–13 Sky Arts television adaptation of the same Bulgakov stories
* Aleksei Balabanov, director of Morphine

## References

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1. ^ "Кинокомпания СТВ :: Морфий (2008) :: Пресса". 2009-02-11. Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
2. ^ "2009". Russian Guild of Film Critics.

## External links

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* Official film website
* Morfiy at IMDb

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Aleksei Balabanov

* Filmography

Films directed|

* Happy Days (1991)
* The Castle (1994)
* The Arrival of a Train (segment "Trofim") (1995)
* Brother (1997)
* Of Freaks and Men (1998)
* Brother 2 (2000)
* War (2002)
* The River (2002)
* Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
* It Doesn't Hurt Me (2006)
* Cargo 200 (2007)
* Morphine (2008)
* A Stoker (2010)
* Me Too (2012)

Related|

* Brother 3 (2024)
* Strength is in truth

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