– In this picture I play not just a priest, but a priest who canonized the saints, – said Yevgeny Mironov, accepting the statuette. – I somehow easily accepted this role, the novel is amazing! And when we were shooting, and this is near Perm, it’s very cold, I had to climb the scaffolding to the temple. And in the process I pulled my back, so much so that something happened to my spine, they started to take my arm off. Nothing helped me. And I thought, probably, for me it’s because of the arrogance of acting – “we can play everything.” And somehow, as soon as I realized it, the pain started to go away. They must have forgiven him from above.
The actor thanked everyone who worked on the film and wished the guests “kindness and love no matter what.”
The best female supporting role was the role of Darya Balabanova in the film “Healthy Man.”