Katya Ismailova (1994)

  • NR
  • 11/11/1994 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 36m

Every great romance comes with a great price

Overview

A wife finds her life transformed after a torrid affair in this story of murder. Katia is a rather dull young woman who types manuscripts for Irina, her husband’s mother and successful writer of romance novels. Katia’s husband is a real momma’s boy. They go to Irina’s summer house to work. There Katia encounters the intense and sexy Serguei who creates passionate longings with in her. Overcome she and Serguei engage in vigorous love-making upon a windowsill where Irina sees them. Irina has a weak heart. Quiet Katia, having rediscovered the joys of sex, changes and becomes more assertive and flighty. Serguei quickly loses interest in her. Strange and deadly things begin happening at the summer house which calls the attention of a judge who is extremely familiar with Irina’s writing.

Valery Todorovsky

Director

Cécile Vargaftig

Writer

François Guérif

Writer

Marina Sheptunova

Writer

Alla Krinitsyna

Writer

Cast

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė's headshot

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Katia
Vladimir Mashkov's headshot

Vladimir Mashkov

Serguei
Aleksandr Feklistov's headshot

Aleksandr Feklistov

Mitia
Alisa Freyndlikh's headshot

Alisa Freyndlikh

Irina Dmitrievna
Natalya Shchukina's headshot

Natalya Shchukina

Sonya
Yuriy Kuznetsov's headshot

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Romanov
Avangard Leontyev's headshot

Avangard Leontyev

Editor

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