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A Stinging Comedy from Russia

Overview

In search of inspiration and new topics, the famous metropolitan writer Kim Yesenin goes to the province. Unexpectedly for himself, he discovers that here people live very differently than in the world familiar to him. By chance, he witnesses someone else's love drama - intellectual Sasha and dissident Andrei who is leaving for America. He is shocked by this complex conflict and fictitious problems, where there is no place for either melancholy or depression. In this situation, the hero decides to go to Moscow...

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      Mikhail Ulyanov

      Kim Yesenin

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      Inna Churikova

      Sasha Nikolayeva

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      Yevgeni Vesnik

      Pashchin

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      Yevgeniya Nechayeva

      Mariya Aleksandrovna

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      Sergey Nikonenko

      Sinitsyn

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      Natalya Seleznyova

      Svetlana

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      Stanislav Lyubshin

      'Bearded'

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Dec 17 2024
    "Yesenin" (Mikhail Ulyanov) has been a successful writer in years gone by but is now in something of a black fog. It's not that he doesn't think he's a great writer, it's that he thinks he's lost it and that nobody will ever care. To try and kick start his creative juices, he sets off with fellow scribbler "Paschin" (Evgeniy Vesnik) and enthusiastic assistant "Maria" (Yevgeniya Nechayeva) to the snowy town of Vladimir. It's his arrival that symbolises his approach to life as he tells his pal to make an illegal turn off the street. This attracts the attentions of a local, impressionable, police ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • emigration
    • playwright
    • intelligent
    • dissident