Plot Summary:The 21st century... Petersburg... Four white nights... The two in love... Fyodor Dostoevsky... The film is imbued with romanticism, love, passion and the aura of the nocturnal Petersburg. Every year this city lives through the miracle of white nights. It is the time when, it seems, everything holds its breath, the past, the present and the future flowing simultaneously. The two heroes meet each other on a bridge: he is a shy and lonely dreamer taking photos of the city all nights long. He feels for all strangers - and even houses - on his way. She is fragile, in love with someone else, her radiant face is wet from tears... Three white nights of sincerity and romanticism... of sadness and quiet joy... of kissing and embracing... But in the end there comes the morning... In fact Petersburg plays one of the central roles in this film: during white nights it intensifies the magic of the events. Petersburg becomes a part of the heroes' inner world: their souls are entirely filled with it, and altogether they become one single whole. Through this film one can see that miracles do happen in people's life - something which will affect their future...
当代版“白夜”,情节一如既往,如何拍出新意才是重点。也许因为太靠近现在了,所以反而选择了黑白的色彩。但彼得堡的光彩夺目即使在黑白影像下也是隐藏不住的。时间是17年,涅瓦大街,阿赫玛托娃博物馆,陀思妥耶夫斯基桥,饭店逃单,一切似乎都是现如今彼得堡年轻人必备的生活元素,对周遭的一切比白夜这个故事本身更加熟悉。59,92,17三个版本似乎故事都不是重点,时代才是。极具特点的表达了俄罗斯文化与生活的传承与变革,而不变的永远是陀思妥耶夫斯基。