----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Does anyone have information about the Russian film that won--and whether it > "deserved" it more than the Macedonian, Cuban and Tawainese candidates? > The director--Nikita Mikhalkov, also made *Oci Ciornie/Dark Eyes* (1987) which won Mastroianni best actor at the Cannes Film Festival and it was the last film Silvana Mangano made before she dies. Other films which got international distribution were: *An Unfinished Piece for a Mechanichal Piano* (1977), *Oblomov* (1980), and *Urga* (1991). His brother, Andrei Konchalovsky made *Maria's Lovers* (1985) with Nastassjia Kinski and *Tango and Cash* (1989). Gloria Monti