a New Yorker Films release ; Nikita Mikhalkov and Michel Seydoux present a film by Nikita Mikhalkov ; production: Studio Trite (Russia) and Camera One (France) with the Centre National de la Cinematographie (France), the Renaissance Fund (Russia) and Canal (France) ; screenplay and direction, Nikita Mikhalkov with the participation of S. Mirochnitchenko
ARTE France, Wilton Films, Quark Productions present ; a film by Tania Rakhmanova ; written by Vincent Jauvert and Tania Rakhmanova ; directed by Tania Rakhmanova