A Room and a Half


2h 10m 2009

Brief Synopsis

Portrays the life of Joseph Brodsky, the Russian-Jewish-American poet, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1987 and was made poet laureate of the U.S. in 1991. Expelled from the USSR in 1972, much of Brodsky's writing dealt with themes of exile, loss and memory.

Film Details

Also Known As
Poltory komnaty ili sentimentalnoe puteshestvie na rodinu, Poltory komnaty ili sentimentalnoje putesestvije na rodinu, Room & 1/2, Room & a Half, Room and 1/2, Room and a Half
MPAA Rating
Genre
Biography
Foreign
Historical
Release Date
2009
Distribution Company
Paradise; Paradise Film Distribution Company (Russia)

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 10m

Synopsis

Portrays the life of Joseph Brodsky, the Russian-Jewish-American poet, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1987 and was made poet laureate of the U.S. in 1991. Expelled from the USSR in 1972, much of Brodsky's writing dealt with themes of exile, loss and memory.

Film Details

Also Known As
Poltory komnaty ili sentimentalnoe puteshestvie na rodinu, Poltory komnaty ili sentimentalnoje putesestvije na rodinu, Room & 1/2, Room & a Half, Room and 1/2, Room and a Half
MPAA Rating
Genre
Biography
Foreign
Historical
Release Date
2009
Distribution Company
Paradise; Paradise Film Distribution Company (Russia)

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 10m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2009 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 25-October 11, 2009.)

Winner of the East of the West Award at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Released in United States Winter January 20, 2010

Released in United States 2009

Released in United States July 2009

Released in United States September 2009

Released in United States October 2009

Shown at New York Film Festival September 25-October 11, 2009.

Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (East of the West - Films in Competition) July 3-11, 2009.

Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europa) October 14-29, 2009.

Released in United States Winter January 20, 2010

Released in United States 2009 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 30-November 7, 2009.)

Released in United States July 2009 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (East of the West - Films in Competition) July 3-11, 2009.)

Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 4-7, 2009.)

Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europa) October 14-29, 2009. )