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RUNTIME
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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home
2017 1h 30m RU
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SOLID
★7.0TMDB · 132
DramaComedy
Synopsis
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Viktor spends his free time trawling bars with ladies of questionable repute, from where he is picked up by a wife he doesn’t love, the mother of a child they never planned. Viktor himself was abandoned by his own father, his mother then committed suicide, and he was left to grow up in an orphanage. Years later, his errant dad returns, now a disabled felon, and Viktor discovers a timely legacy is in the offing – his father’s apartment. The documentation for securing dad’s move into an old people’s home is signed in a flash. Nevertheless, the only one that can take him is miles away and, what’s more, the invalid starts to recuperate during the journey, which is when their real problems begin.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Evgeniy Tkachuk
Vitka Chesnokov - Chesnok
Aleksey Serebryakov
Lyokha Chesnokov - Shtyr
Andrey Smirnov
Platon - vor v zakone
Nataliya Vdovina
Vera - vtoraya zhena Shtyrya
Olga Ozollapinya
Svetka - zhena Vitki
Olga Lapshina
mama Svetki
Alina Nasibullina
Lariska
Georgiy Kudrenko
Mishka - kum
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Alexandr Khant
- Writers
- Alexey Borodachev
- Languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Russia
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MONEY
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Shot for just $0.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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MONEY
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Earned back only 22% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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ERA
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Released 9 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Alexandr Khant, shot by Daniil Fomichev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Nataliya Shmidt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Evgeniy Tkachuk and Aleksey Serebryakov and Andrey Smirnov carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt5837242 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Alexandr Khant directs. Daniil Fomichev behind the camera. Nataliya Shmidt cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Shot for just $0.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 3Earned back only 22% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 4Released 9 years ago.
- 5Directed by Alexandr Khant, shot by Daniil Fomichev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Editor Nataliya Shmidt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Evgeniy Tkachuk and Aleksey Serebryakov and Andrey Smirnov carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt5837242 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Daniil Fomichev
- Editing
- Nataliya Shmidt
- Production design
- Asya Davydova
- Costume design
- Natalya Rostotskaya
- Runtime
- 90 min · 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $441,755
- Box office
- $95,589
- Return
- 22% of budget
- Original language
- RU
Also by
Alexandr Khant
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
VGIK-Debut
RU
Key crew
- Executive ProducerAlexander Delvig
- Additional Director of PhotographyNatalya Makarova
- EditorNataliya Shmidt
- Sound DirectorYuri Reinbakh
- Sound DirectorDenis Tsukanov
- EditorSergey Ivanov
- Costume DesignNatalya Rostotskaya
- EditorAlexandr Khant
- Costume DesignEkaterina Rostotskaya
- Assistant DirectorLarisa Chaykovskaya
- Production DesignAsya Davydova
- ProducerFyodor Popov
- ProducerVladimir Malyshev
- Executive ProducerViktoriya Leshchenko
- Creative ProducerLala Rustamova
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2018-03-23
Also known as
International titles
- Как Витька Чеснок вёз Лёху Штыря в дом инвалидовRU
- How Viktor “the Garlic” Took Alexey “the Stud” to the Nursing HomeUS
- Kak Vitka Chesnok Vez Lekhu Shtyrya v Dom InvalidovRU
- How Vitka Chesnok Took Lyokha Shtyr to the Home for InvalidsUS
- Comment Victor Gousse d'ail transportait Alex le Goujon au foyer des handicapésCA
- How Viktor the Garlic Took Alexey the Stud to the Nursing HomeCA
