简介：ThefilmDaysofEclipseisbasedonanovelbyfamousSovietsciencefictionwriters—brothersArcadyandBorisStrugatsky.TheactionhasbeentransferredtotheCentralAsiawhereayoungRussiandoctorgivestreatmenttochildrenandtrieshishandatwriting.Introducingusayoungcontemporaryatthecrossroads(forthefirsttimeinSokurov'swork),thisfilmbecomesthefirstpartofacinematrilogy. Thischaracter,whoseformativeyearspassinthesituationofbrokenandshowingitscrackswayoflife,becomesalinkbetweenthreeofSokurov'sfilms.Thewhole'trilogy'isjoinedtogetherbythebitterironyregardingworn–outsacralsymbols.FilmsDaysofEclipse,TheSecondCircle,TheStone,madeindifferentyears,arelinkedupwitheachotherbyonecommonplot:permanentco–existenceofrealeverydaylife,ofsotosaydailyroutine,withmessagesormessengersfromNowhere. TheyoungathletefromDaysofEclipseplayedbyyoungnon–professionalperformerAlexeiAnanishnovisnolessanarchaicsymboloftheformerpowerofthecollapsedSovietempirethanarecordingofBrezhnev'sspeechsoundinginthefilmorhugeplastercastHammerandSicklestickingoutinthedesert. DmitryMalyanovfromStrugatsky'snovelAMilliardYearsbeforetheEndoftheWorldhasnothingincommonwiththecharacterofDaysofEclipsebesidethename.Infact,forSokurov'sherotheendoftheworldhasalreadycomeandtheborderofthisendhasfallenonhislife.Thecharacterwhohasbeenbroughttotheworldofalienclimate,alienspeech,aliencustoms,learnsnottobesurprisedatthecasesofviolenceagainstothersandhimself—inordertosurvive,speakstoadeadbody,tamesandfeedsexoticreptiles,and,ontopofthat,meetsanangelappearingasachild. ThisfilmwassuccessfulwiththecinemaaudienceofPerestroikayears.AlexeiAnanishnovlaterplayedthemainpartinonemorefilmbySokurovMotherandSon. ThefilmhasbeenlistedbytheEuropeanCinemaAcademyamong100bestmoviesoftheXXcentury. AlexandraTuchinskaya EnglishtranslationbyAnnaShoulgat,©2002. Prizesandawards: 1988.SpecialAwardFelixoftheEuropeanCinemaAcademytothecomposerY.Khanin. 1988.NIKAAwardoftheFilmmakers'UnionoftheUSSRtotheDirectorofSoundV.PersovasBestDirectorofSound. 1989.LaureateofthecompetitionforBestRussianfilmoftheyear. AwardoftheFilmmakers'UnionoftheUSSRtoS.YurizditskyasBestDirectorofPhotography.…