What Men Talk About

2010 1h 33m RU

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7.2

SOLID

★7.2TMDB · 208

Comedy

Synopsis

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Four old friends - Kamil, Lesha, Sasha and Slava - all well-to-do professionals in their late 30s embarking on a two days road trip from Moscow to Odessa. They wish to escape the metropolis and the everyday routine of work, family and girlfriends to relax in a nightclub run by Slava's friend and to see the popular band B-2 show.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Leonid Barats
Lesha
Aleksandr Demidov
Sasha
Kamil Larin
Kamil
Rostislav Khait
Slava
Zhanna Friske
Friske
Nonna Grishaeva
Zhena Slavy
Nina Ruslanova
Konserzhka
Sergey Nikonenko
Kapitan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dmitriy Dyachenko
Writers: Rostislav Khait, Leonid Barats, Sergey Petreykov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia, Ukraine

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.2× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Russia, Ukraine.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Kvartet I Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko, shot by Yury Lyubshin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Leonid Barats and Aleksandr Demidov and Kamil Larin carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1595366 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dmitriy Dyachenko directs. Yury Lyubshin behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Russia, Ukraine. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 6.2× over at the box office.
3Released 16 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: Russia, Ukraine.
5Part of the "Kvartet I Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko, shot by Yury Lyubshin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Leonid Barats and Aleksandr Demidov and Kamil Larin carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt1595366 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yury Lyubshin
Costume design: Viktoriya Efimova-Shestakovskaya
Makeup / hair: Olga Afinogenova
Stunt coordinator: Sergey Vorobyov
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Status: Released
Budget: $1,950,000
Box office: $12,005,838
Return: 616% of budget
Original language: RU
IMDB: What Men Talk About (2010)

Part of

Kvartet I Collection

'Kvartet I' is a Russian theater company founded in Moscow in 1993 by a group of graduates from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. Kvartet I also made a few films including Election Day. The founding members of Kvartet I were: Kamil Larin, Rostislav Chait, Leonid Baratz and Alexander Demidov.