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