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My Love

Original title: Moya lyubov
  • 2006
  • 26m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
1.7K
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My Love (2006)
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In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.

  • Director
    • Aleksandr Petrov
  • Writer
    • Ivan Shmelyov
  • Stars
    • Aleksandr Palamishev
    • Aleksandra Zhivova
    • Evgeniya Kryukova
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    1.7K
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    • Director
      • Aleksandr Petrov
    • Writer
      • Ivan Shmelyov
    • Stars
      • Aleksandr Palamishev
      • Aleksandra Zhivova
      • Evgeniya Kryukova
    • 12User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 17 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Aleksandr Palamishev
    • Anton
    • (voice)
    Aleksandra Zhivova
    Aleksandra Zhivova
    • Pasha
    • (voice)
    Evgeniya Kryukova
    Evgeniya Kryukova
    • Serafima Konstantinovna
    • (voice)
    Nina Ruslanova
    Nina Ruslanova
      Sergey Garmash
      Sergey Garmash
      • Stepan
      • (voice)
      Aleksandr Oleshko
      Aleksandr Oleshko
      • Tonechka
      • (voice)
      Ekaterina Afrikantova
        Yuliya Artemova
          Ivan Dobrynin
            Anastasiya Dobrynina
              Mikhail Georgiu
                Mikhail Lukashov
                • Fiance
                • (voice)
                Grigoriy Malikov
                Grigoriy Malikov
                  Nikolay Malikov
                    Oleg Shcherbinin
                      Ilya Sherbinin
                      Ilya Sherbinin
                        • Director
                          • Aleksandr Petrov
                        • Writer
                          • Ivan Shmelyov
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                        8ackstasis

                        "Your hair, your voice, your eyes… show me your eyes"

                        You know that you've become an animation buff when the mere mention of Aleksandr Petrov makes your heartbeat quicken in anticipation. Along with fellow genius Yuriy Norshteyn, he has become one of my favourite Russian animators, and such impressive short films as 'Korova (1989)' and 'The Old Man and the Sea (1999)' rank among my favourites. 'My Love (2006),' Petrov's latest film, was his fourth to be nominated for Best Animated Short at the Oscars, and, though it lost to Suzie Templeton's 'Peter & the Wolf (2006),' it certainly is one of the year's finest releases in any medium. Generally well-received by critics, 'My Love' has nonetheless stirred a few incidents of controversy, including comments from Chris Robinson – head of the Ottawa International Animation Festival – who apparently took offence to Petrov's pursuit of realism. Likewise, other leading animators, including Norshteyn himself, remarked that perhaps the film was too focused on technology rather than storytelling.

                        The plot is based on "A Love Story," a 1927 novel by Ivan Shmelyov, and concerns a 16-year-old boy, Antosha, who is searching for his first true love. As he falls in and out of his romantic fantasies, Antosha must decide between two young woman who have captured his fancy – a pretty, innocent but uneducated parlourmaid named Pasha, and an experienced upper-class lady named Serafima. He is equally smitten with both lovers, but his inability to choose between them will prove tragic. Pasha is genuinely affectionate towards Antosha, but class restrictions prevent them from coming together without a certain hesitation; on the other hand, Antosha worships Serafima as a "goddess," considering her representative of his lover ideal. When experience reveals a fatal blemish in his idealistic illusions, the young boy rejects the older woman, but not before his indecision has cost him the girl that he truly loved.

                        'My Love' often treads a fine line of comprehensibility – I'm not even certain that my description so far is completely accurate – but it's really the visuals that you should be watching out for. Petrov's style of paint-on-glass animation is instantly recognisable, and has all the beauty of a moving Impressionistic painting, the oils and colours shifting smoothly like the quiet waves of an ocean. Though, in order to achieve a sense of "romantic realism," Petrov has produced about 20% of the film using a kind of rotoscoping, he just as frequently descends into fantastic flights of the imagination. Antosha's inner romantic turmoil is represented through beautiful and sometimes terrifying daydreams – rowboats on a pond, ships amid a lightning storm, bodies burning in the pits of Hell – and Petrov's constantly-shifting style of animation is perfect for evoking the timelessness of our dreams and memories.
                        Kirpianuscus

                        admirable work

                        it is a great travel. across a feeling. across the images of a lost Russia. it is an admirable work. for the details, for the dialogue and for the magnificent art to reflect states out of words. it is a masterpiece and this is not a real surprise from Aleksandr Petrov. the special thing is the emotions after the end of film. as a ball of tenderness and seductive secret and childish - clear feeling. from a long time ago, for me, the films of Petrov are a sort of gifts of the Christmas Eve. but my love is more. maybe because I am East European. or for Slavic origins. it is a form of rehabilitation of a Golden Age using the perfect tools. and the result is more, real more than you expect.
                        8benoyum111

                        Beautiful scenes, but an uninteresting story

                        Where the story is only may be interesting for a teenager boy who is in love with women, the scenes take the lead and oh my God, they shine... I wouldn't watch even a minute of it if was a normal movie, but this one is like watching a impressionist painting in action.
                        9planktonrules

                        Yet another exceptional Aleksandr Petrov film

                        Aleksandr Petrov has been nominated for three Oscars for Best Animated Short Film and also won the Award for THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. While only winning 1 of the 4 times he was up for the award, he easily could have won every time, as his artwork is so unique and transcendent--making the films less as cartoons and more like gorgeous works of art. Sadly, there's almost no information about this important artist on IMDb--and this probably reflects the gap between the East and West. Like all of his films, it is long (for a short) and tells a very complex story in vivid colors and textures. If you've never seen one of Petrov's films before, you'll find yourself transfixed. As for me, it's the fourth one I've seen and so some of the newness has worn off--but it's still amazing and I'll be pulling for him at the award ceremony next month.

                        UPDATE---This is the day before the Oscars are announced for 2008 and I just got back from a special screening by our local film society of all five films nominated in the category of Best Animated Short Film.

                        "Moya lyubov" was even prettier on the big screen and of the five nominees it was definitely the most artistic, though I enjoyed watching "Même les pigeons vont au paradis" more. Petrov's film is great and is a pretty good bet for the Oscar. However, it's biggest weaknesses are the plot (which is very unconventional) and the fact that Petrov is a perennial nominee. I think it's definitely between these two films and if I were voting, I'd give the nod to "Même les pigeons vont au paradis" though either one is quite deserving. My advice is regardless of the outcome, see them both.

                        ONE FINAL UPDATE--2/24/08--The Oscar was just announced and the winner in this category was PETER & THE WOLF. It just goes to show what I know!!
                        Vincentiu

                        pure grace

                        impressionist art. delicate theme. Alexandr Petrov science to explore each nuance in admirable manner. and his unique animation. it is more than a movie. maybe an experience. a beautiful, useful, almost magic one. because more than a film about love, dreams, expectations and grow -up, it is the film about a special age. and the delicacy to explore it does it real great show. it is a film about subtle nuances of an experience and the chance to discover an live the magic of life. a superb movie for the grace of image, for the science to reflect the magic of a delicate episode of life. the story of the young Anton is universal. the talent of director is to transform it in personal experience for each spectator in a splendid manner.

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                          The film's style is similar to that used in Petrov's other films and can be characterized as a type of Romantic realism. People and landscapes are painted and animated in a very realistic fashion, but there are sections where Petrov attempts to visually show a character's inner thoughts and dreams.
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                          Featured in The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation (2008)

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                          • February 15, 2008 (United States)
                        • Countries of origin
                          • Russia
                          • Japan
                        • Language
                          • Russian
                        • Also known as
                          • Моє кохання
                        • Production companies
                          • Dago Productions
                          • Dentsu
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