burnt by the sun (, translit. "utomlyonnye solntsem", literally "wearied by the sun") is a 1994 russian french drama movie directed by nikita mikhalkov (who also stars) and also starring oleg menshikov, ingeborga dapkūnaitė, nadezhda mikhalkova, andré oumansky. it won an academy award in 1995 and was followed up by two sequels in 2010 and 2011.