What day is it today?
Utomlyonnye solntsem

SALT Beyoğlu, Walk-in Cinema

Utomlyonnye solntsem [Burnt by the Sun] (1994)
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
135 minutes
Russian and French; English and Turkish subtitles

The story focuses upon a single day in Soviet revolutionary hero, Colonel Sergei Petrovich Kotov's (Nikita Mikhalkov) life. Kotov lives an idyllic country life with his lovely wife Maroussia (Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė), and their feisty daughter Nadia (Nadezhda Mikhalkova). On this day, the Kotovs are visited by the roguishly handsome Dimitri, who was a former lover of Maroussia. Dimitri (Oleg Menshikov) is on a dark mission that may have profound effects on Kotov's peaceful, happy, and idealistic existence.

The film program What day is it today? is a parallel event of the exhibition SUMMER HOMES: Claiming the Coast which is on view at SALT Beyoğlu until November 16.