8 ½ $

1999 1h 35m RU

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5.4

MID

★5.4TMDB · 17

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Synopsis

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Gera, a respected director of TV commercials, thinks he's capable of creating a fiction movie masterpiece. Predictably, he ends up with owning money to a mafia and no film to show for. To make his life even crazier he falls in love with a girl who belongs to the boss of mafia.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ivan Okhlobystin
Гера Кремов
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Фёдор / Степан
Olesya Potashinskaya
Матильда
Vladimir Menshov
Спартак Сергей Львович
Natalya Andreychenko
Ксения
Vladimir Shainskiy
Лёсик
Igor Vernik
Боба
Vyacheslav Razbegaev
Кока

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Grigory Konstantinopolsky
Writers: Grigory Konstantinopolsky, Avdotya Smirnova, Sergey Krylov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Grigory Konstantinopolsky, shot by Evgeny Korzhenkov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Natalya Sazhina shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Ivan Okhlobystin and Fyodor Bondarchuk and Olesya Potashinskaya carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0417396 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Grigory Konstantinopolsky directs. Evgeny Korzhenkov behind the camera. Natalya Sazhina cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

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127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Grigory Konstantinopolsky, shot by Evgeny Korzhenkov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Natalya Sazhina shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Ivan Okhlobystin and Fyodor Bondarchuk and Olesya Potashinskaya carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0417396 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.