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In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.Read moreLess
In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.
The story
In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.
Cast & crew
Aleksei ZharkovЕвгений Степанович Иванов, 50-летний аферист
Natalya NegodaElena Igorevna Fomkina, student of the financial academy
Aleksandr Mironovлейтенант милиции Кондаков
Anastasiya VertinskayaДуня Фомкина, мать Лены
Aleksandr LenkovИгорь Иванович, отец Лены
Andrey SokolovБорис, сын Степаныча, фотограф
Anna TikhonovaЖанна Фролова, продавец в универмаге
Vatslav DvorzhetskyФёдор Фёдорович Стрельников, актёр-юбиляр
Igor ZolotovitskyАлександр Губанищев
Aleksandr NegrebaПетр Зарамушкин, директор театра
Ervand ArzumanyanАшот АрамовичExplore the crew
- Director
- Vasili Pichul
- Director of Photography
- Efim Reznikov
- Writer
- Mariya Khmelik
- Producer
- Mark Levin
- Editor
- Yelena Zabolotskaya
- Original Music Composer
- Vladimir Matetsky