Passions
Directed by	Kira Muratova
Written by	Kira Muratova Evgeny Golubenko
Produced by	Igor Kalyonov
Starring	Renata Litvinova Svetlana Kolenda Mikhail Demidov
Production company	Nikola-Film
Release date	1994 (1994)
Running time	112 minutes
Countries	Russia Ukraine
Language	Russian

Passions, whose title (Russian: Увлеченья, romanized: Uvlechenya) can also be translated "Enthusiasms," is a 1994 drama by Ukrainian director Kira Muratova based on the novellas of Boris Dedyukhin.^[1][2]

It was screened at the Locarno Festival in 1994.^[3]

It received two Nika Awards, for Best Picture and Best Director (Muratova).^[4] The picture also won the Special Jury Prize of the Kinotavr film festival.^[5]

The film's story unfolds in a small town on the beach. Two females: a blonde - Lilia and a brunette - Violetta, are fond of horse racing and the jockeys are fond of the women. Star jockey Oleg Nikolaev teaches Violetta horse riding and another horseman who is also interested in the same girl, summons Oleg Nikolayev to a duel.

• Renata Litvinova – Lilia
• Svetlana Kolenda – Violetta
• Mikhail Demidov – Kasyanov
• Aleksei Shevchenko – Sasha Milashevski
• Sergei Popov – instructor

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