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How I Ended This Summer

How I Ended This Summer

20106.52h 4m

Overview

A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel, a recent college graduate, are spending months in complete isolation on the once strategic research base. Pavel receives an important radio message and is still trying to find the right moment to tell Sergei, when fear, lies and suspicions start poisoning the atmosphere...

Directed by Alexey Popogrebsky
Written by Alexey Popogrebsky
Produced by Mikhail Kolodyazhnyy, Roman Borisevich, Aleksandr Kushaev
Box OfficeBudget: $2.5MRevenue: $623K

Top Cast

Grigoriy Dobrygin

Grigoriy Dobrygin

Pavel Danilov

Sergey Puskepalis

Sergey Puskepalis

Sergey Gulybin

Artyom Tsukanov

Artyom Tsukanov

Stas (voice)

Igor Chernevich

Igor Chernevich

Sofronov (voice)

I

Ilya Sobolev

Volodya (voice)

Themes & Keywords

isolationradiationmetereologistradioarctic polar circle regiondesolation

About How I Ended This Summer

How I Ended This Summer is a drama, thriller film released in 2010 exploring themes of isolation, radiation, metereologist, radio, arctic polar circle region, desolation. Directed by Alexey Popogrebsky, it stars Grigoriy Dobrygin, Sergey Puskepalis, Artyom Tsukanov. A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel, a recent college graduate, are spending months in complete isolation on the once strategic research base. Pavel receives an important radio message and is still trying to find the right moment to tell Sergei, when fear, lies and suspicions start poisoning the atmosphere...

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