The Island (2006 film)
| The Island | |
|---|---|
Film poster | |
| Russian | Остров |
| Directed by | Pavel Lungin |
| Written by | Dmitry Sobolev |
| Produced by | Pavel Lungin Sergei Shumakov Olga Vasilieva |
| Starring | Pyotr Mamonov Viktor Sukhorukov Dmitri Dyuzhev |
| Cinematography | Andrei Zhegalov |
| Edited by | Albina Altipenko |
| Music by | Vladimir Martynov |
Production company | Pavel Lungin Studio |
| Distributed by | Nashe Kino |
Release dates | |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Languages | Russian German |
| Box office | US$3.6 million |
The Island (Russian: Остров, romanized: Ostrov) is a 2006 Russian comedy-drama film directed by Pavel Lungin and written by Dmitry Sobolev. The film stars Pyotr Mamonov as a fictional 20th-century Eastern Orthodox monk.
Filming took place in the city of Kem, in Karelia, on the shores of the White Sea. The film closed the 2006 Venice Film Festival, proved to be a moderate box-office success and won both the Nika Award and the China TV Golden Eagle Award as the Best Russian film of 2006. It received generally positive reviews from critics.