Blending dramatic situations with a documentary -influenced visual style, S Dnyom rozhdenya / Happy Birthday looks in at a typical day in a Russian maternity hospital. The patients range from a middle aged woman pleased if surprised by her current pregnancy to a Muslim woman whose marriage to a Russian has blighted her relationship with her family. No matter what their situations, the women draw strength and support from each other as they share their common experience. This film was shown at the 1999 Rotterdam Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Gulya Stolyarova
Irina Prosyina
Eugene Turkina
Lyuba Starkova
Masha Kuzmina
Rano Kubaeva
Credit
Eduard Galkin - Art Director, Larisa Sadilova - Director, Georgy Sviridov - Composer (Music Score), Alexander Kazarenskov - Cinematographer, Irina Uralskaya - Cinematographer, Gennadiy Sidorov - Producer, Larisa Sadilova - Screenwriter, Sergey Rachmaninov - Featured Music
