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A couple decides to break up after ten years of marriage. The divorce goes smoothly. Both realize that this is the only way out of a lingering unsuccessful marriage. Each of them believes that they have not fulfilled themselves and that a divorce will give them a chance to start a new life and make their long-forgotten dreams come true. But only after parting, they realize that it was just an illusion, and in fact, the problem was not in their marriage ...

  • Stepan Burnashev
    Director
    Director
  • Stepan Burnashev
    Writer
    Screenwriter
  • Svetlana Taaiko
    Writer
    Screenwriter
  • Stepan Burnashev
    Producer
    Producer
  • Irina Mikhaylova
    Key Cast
    "Lida"
    Actress
  • Ilya Yakovlev
    Key Cast
    "Dima"
    Actor
  • Danila Goryunkov
    Director of photography
    Director of photography
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Bihigi kyhymmyt
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Drama, melodrama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 55 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 18, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Other, Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Stepan Burnashev

Stepan Burnashev was born in Ust-Aldanskiy district of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), North of Russian Arctic. He graduated from the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics but began to work in filmmaking.
In 2012 he made his feature debut "Quagmire". The project was totally independent and had successful distribution. Since that time he launched his own production company "Saidam Baryl" which has already produced nine films. He is participle of Russian and International film festivals and a Grand prix winner at Cheboksarsky international film festival (2015) for the film "Mannaigy taptal (First love)".
Black Snow has won the Grand Prix and the Prize of the Guild of Producers of Russia at the film festival “Window on Europe” in Vyborg in December 2020.

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Director Statement

In our time, the time of globalization, people's thinking is also changing. Concepts change, views change, principles change. The characters of the film are a couple of modern people who are familiar, but very alien to the feeling of creating and preserving a family hearth in the standard interpretation. They are a family that adheres to the principle of "childfree". They created a family to live for themselves.After 10 years of living together, they begin to think that they have chosen the wrong one, the wrong one. They're confused. They no longer understand what they live for, who they live for. They feel hopeless, misunderstood…Everyone in this world has their own ego and everyone is an egoist by nature. And when these two people create a couple and decide to devote their lives to the family-there are different levels of misunderstanding. There is a clash between two egoists. Some people understand this and try to find compromises. But there are couples who turn a blind eye to minor misunderstandings, thereby increasing over the years, like a snowball, the process of destroying the family.I am convinced that the problem of divorce in our time is very relevant. And often, all this happens against the background of misunderstanding and disrespect for each other because of selfishness. No one wants to give in, and even if they do, it eventually leads to negativity. I am against destroying the ego of each individual. Trying to please a couple, many people change and "bury" their selfishness. Subsequently, such a "changed" person will no longer be needed by another. And this will be the beginning of the path of self-destruction. I believe that it is necessary to combine the ego of each person and create one common "WE". Only then will the family develop as a separate unit of society. Such a family will be strong, friendly and invincible.With this film, I want to show that you do not need to be shy about your feelings. You need to talk a lot about this topic at the stage of starting a life together. All the same, over the years, everything accumulates and even the smallest problem in the relationship leads to a big problem. Many people understand this only when they are left alone, when they get divorced and it is impossible to return the old relationship back.