The Heritage of Love (2016)

Andrey goes to Paris to visit the grave of his great-grandfather, who had been an officer in the White Army. On the headstone of the next grave, he notices the face of a young woman. He will see this face again.

Director:

Yuriy Vasilev

Writers:

Nataliya Doroshkevich, Olga Pogodina-Kuzmina

Stars:

Aleksandr Adabashyan, Aleksandr Baluev, Marat Basharov

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Aleksandr Adabashyan
Aleksandr Baluev
Marat Basharov
Dima Bilan	...	Andrey Kulikov / Andrey Dolmatov
Aleksandr Golovin
Svetlana Ivanova	...	Vera
Jurgita Jurkute
Larisa Kalpokaite
Tatyana Lyutaeva
Viktor Nemets
Lilita Ozolina
Yuliya Peresild
Aleksandr Vasilev
Vladislav Vetrov
Petar Zekavica

Storyline

Andrey Kulikov (Dima Bilan) goes to Paris to visit the grave of his great-grandfather, Andrey Dolmatov, who had been an officer in the White Army during the Russian Revolution. On the headstone of the grave next to his great-grandfather's, he notices the face of a young woman. Later, while walking through Paris, Andrey sees a woman, Vera (Svetlana Ivanova), who looks just like the young woman he had seen on the headstone. And so begins the telling of two love stories, separated by three generations and one hundred years.

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | russian abroad | russian in europe | russian in france | male objectification | 

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Taglines:

S veroy za Rossiyu (With faith for Russia)

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | War

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Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

31 March 2016 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Geroy - Der Held

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artbox, Fond kino

Technical Specs

Runtime:

76 min (original running time)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Dima Bilan/Evgenia Medvedeva/Anna Pogorilaya/Dmitriy Malikov (2016)

User Reviews

Get ready to roll those eyes

This was apparently the highest grossing film at the Russian box office upon release which speaks to the level of media control and indoctrination there at the moment.

This melodrama of the highest level plays with all the sophistication of a 1930s B movie. Over the top acting and music cues really ham up the plot, which I might add has holes in it you can drive a bus through.

The movie is so pro-imperialist and very anti-Soviet revolution. This is interesting in itself as it must reflect the political climate in Russia at the moment.This is something I would like to look more into.

Visually it is bright and lavish and detailed, if not slightly derivative. The acting is poor. Dima Bilan is the lead. He may have won the Eurovision Song Contest but an actor that does not him make.

I am very glad I did not pay to see this, but instead won tickets to the Melbourne Russian Film Festival. I probably would have preferred to stay at home, instead of incredulously rolling around in my cinema chair at each new unsubtle and cringe-worthy development.