Brothel Lights () is a Russian film directed by Alexander Gordon, a screen version of the same story by Harry Gordon.
The film premiered on June 11, 2011 at the Kinotavr Film Festival, with the overall release on November 3, 2011.
Plot Set in Odessa at the end of the 1950s, it is a story about an independent-minded woman who disregards the opinions of others. The main character is Lyuba, the owner of a small brothel. Working for her are two girls, Zinka and Zygota. The son of the prosecutor Arkasha is in love with Lyuba, but she loves the poet Adam.
Production Gordon shot and edited the film in 2007, but was unable to complete it until 2011 due to financial constraints.
Cast Oksana Fandera as Lyuba Alexey Levinsky as Adam Ada Rogovtseva as Yefrosinya Petrovna, Lyuba's mother Anna Slyu as Zygota Katerina Shpitsa as Zinka Christian Jereghi as Arkasha Bogdan Stupka as Zaslavsky, prosecutor Yevgeny Tsyganov as Valera Natalia Fisson as Zaslavsky's wife Mikhail Golubovich as Wilhelm
Awards and nominations Golden Eagle Award Best Actress (Oksana Fandera) — nominatedНоминанты премии «Золотой Орёл» за 2011 год Nika Awards Best Actress (Oksana Fandera) — nominatedНоминанты Национальной кинематографической премии «Ника» за 2011 год. Pacific Meridian Audience Choice Award in Best Russian Film — won Russian Guild of Film Critics Award Best Actress (Oksana Fandera) — nominated Kinotavr Special Jury Diploma (Oksana Fandera)
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