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Dinara Asanova (24 November 1942 – 4 April 1985) was a Soviet film director. She directed ten films between 1969 and 1984. Her film “Dear, Dearest, Beloved, Unique…” was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.– Wikipedia

Soviet director Asanova, who came from Kirghizia and is considered one of the republic’s leading directors, made nine feature films in the Lenfilm studio, which she joined in 1974. Although her work is almost unknown outside the former Soviet Republic, her films were quite popular within the U.S.S.R. during the 1970s and 1980s, most focused upon the travails of adolescents. Some were highly critical of the social conditions in Soviet life, yet she was never, unlike many of her peers, censored. Asanova added a realistic dimension to her work by using a combination of professional and non-professional actors.– allmovie guide

Dinara Asanova, as well as Andrei Tarkovsky was a student of Mikhail Romm.

Since the tragedies of the life and work of Dinara Asanova – usually died actors who played in her films starring. And she wore mostly teenagers … Short-lived and Asanova. While working on a new film she was found dead in his office – her heart stopped…

The day her sudden death was at the birthday of Andrei Tarkovsky.