Figure skater and Olympic bronze medalist Maxim Shabalin received an award at the 7th International Film Festival of Auteur Cinema in Mexico. This was reported by TASS.
The athlete and director screened his first feature film “Seasons” at the festival. He received an award in the “Best Debut Director” category at the festival, but the actress Irina Grineva, who played the main role, also attracted attention.
The plot of the film Shabalin revolves around the ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater Natalia, who is preparing for the premiere of the ballet “Seasons”. The script of the film was written by the skater himself.
In addition to Grineva, the cast also included former Bolshoi Theater soloist Denis Medvedev, actors Alexander Galibin, Pavel Osadchiy, Tatyana Maist and Irina Savitskova.
Director Maxim Shabalin and theater and film actress Irina Grineva have been married since November 2010. They met at a party with friends during the artist’s divorce from cinematographer Andrei Zvyagintsev. On November 21, 2010, the couple got married in the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin in Putinki. They have a daughter named Vasilisa, born in 2013.
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