Director : Régis WargnierActors : Sandrine Bonnaire, Catherine Deneuve, Oleg Menchikov, Sergueï Bodrov Jr, Ruben Tapiero, Erwan Baynaud, René Féret, Grigori Manoukov, Tatiana Doguileva, Hubert Saint Macary, Joël Chapron, François CaronFeature film, Fiction Production language : French Nationality : Majority French (France, Russia, Spain, Bulgaria) French release : 9/1/99 Runtime : 1h 59mn Current status : Released Associate production company : UGC YMCo-production : Mate ProductionFrench distribution : Fox France (Ex-UGC Fox Distribution)Film export/Foreign Sales : UGC International Synopsis June 1946. Stalin launched a propaganda campaign offering Russian émigrés amnesty, a Soviet passport, and the chance to return and take part in the rebuilding of the post-war USSR. Alexeï Golovine, along with many other Russian immigrants in France, responds to this call and returns with his wife and son to his much-missed homeland. On the steamer to Odessa, the ex-refugees celebrate their last night on board. When they set foot in their native country they will have to face its terrible new reality. Festival selections | 
