Burnt by the Sun

Burnt by the Sun
Film poster
Directed by	Nikita Mikhalkov
Written by	Rustam Ibragimbekov Nikita Mikhalkov
Produced by	Leonid Vereshchagin Armand Barbault Nikita Mikhalkov Michel Seydoux
Starring	Oleg Menshikov Nikita Mikhalkov Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Cinematography	Vilen Kalyuta
Edited by	Enzo Meniconi
Music by	Eduard Artemyev
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates	21 May 1994 (1994-05-21) (Cannes Film Festival) 2 November 1994 (1994-11-02) (Russia)
Running time	135 minutes
Countries	Russia France
Language	Russian
Budget	$3.6 million[1]
Box office	$2.3 million (US)[2]

Burnt by the Sun (Russian: Утомлённые солнцем, translit. Utomlyonnye solntsem, literally "wearied by the sun") is a 1994 Russian drama film starring, directed, written, and produced by Nikita Mikhalkov and co-written by Azerbaijani screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov. The film depicts the story of a senior Red Army officer, played by Mikhalkov, and his family during the Great Purge of the late 1930s in the Stalinist Soviet Union. While on vacation with his wife, young daughter, and assorted friends and family, things change dramatically for Colonel Kotov when his wife's old lover, Dmitri, shows up after being away for many years. The film also stars Oleg Menshikov, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė and Mikhalkov's daughter Nadezhda Mikhalkova.

Burnt by the Sun was popular in Russia and received positive reviews in the United States. It won the Grand Prix at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and other honours.