Aleksei Balabanov Bashny.Net

In one of the resorts of St. Petersburg as a result of chronic disease died a famous Russian director Alexei Balabanov. He was 54 years old.





According to colleagues of the director, he was sick for a long time and with the help of his films was struggling with a fatal disease, but knew about it only the closest. The official version of the death of Balabanov is unknown - according to some sources the director had a heart attack, on the other - a cancer. Alex Oktyabrinovich died in front of the family - he fainted, relatives tried to help him, but to no avail.

The filmography of about 20 films, the most famous of them are "Brother 1, 2", "war", "Dead Man's Bluff", "Cargo 200". His last film "I want" was released in December 2012. Before his death, Balabanov has worked on the new films, to which the script was ready, but in one of his interview with the dying director, referring to the feeling, said that the audience will not see his work. And so it happened.

Balabanov in the film "Dead Man's Bluff»


Shot from the movie "Brother 2»


According to critics, Balabanov has become "a cult figure in Russian cinema in the last 20 years»:

Russian cinema is afraid of the modern life. Balabanov was the one who was not afraid of this life translate to the screen. Broadcast Russia on the screen.