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Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a love-hate relationship ensues. When Alexi lets the bath water run over in Ivan's flat and Ivan must pay 500 rubles for repairs, he tries to force Alexi into day labor to repay him. It's hopeless. Then, suddenly, Alexi is discovered, goes on a jazz tour of America, becomes a celebrity, and returns in triumph. Ivan longs to renew the friendship, and it looks as if he may get what he wants.Read moreLess
Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a love-hate relationship ensues. When Alexi lets the bath water run over in Ivan's flat and Ivan must pay 500 rubles for repairs, he tries to force Alexi into day labor to repay him. It's hopeless. Then, suddenly, Alexi is discovered, goes on a jazz tour of America, becomes a celebrity, and returns in triumph. Ivan longs to renew the friendship, and it looks as if he may get what he wants.
The story
Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a love-hate relationship ensues. When Alexi lets the bath water run over in Ivan's flat and Ivan must pay 500 rubles for repairs, he tries to force Alexi into day labor to repay him. It's hopeless. Then, suddenly, Alexi is discovered, goes on a jazz tour of America, becomes a celebrity, and returns in triumph. Ivan longs to renew the friendship, and it looks as if he may get what he wants.
Cast & crew
Pyotr MamonovLyosha
Pyotr ZaychenkoShlykov
Natalya KolyakanovaChristina
Elena SafonovaNina
Vladimir KashpurOld Nechiporenko
Sergey GazarovAdministrator
Igor ZolotovitskyPetyunchik
Vladimir SterzhakovMusician in the Taxi
Sergey GalkinHippy
Evgeniy Gerchakovmusician in the taxi
Valeri KhlevinskyKolyaExplore the crew
- Writer
- Pavel Lungin
- Director
- Pavel Lungin
- Producer
- Alexandr Golutva
- Producer
- Pierre Rival
- Producer
- Marin Karmitz
- Producer
- Vladimir Repnikov
- Producer
- Mark Gekht
- Editor
- Elisabeth Guido
- Producer
- Sergey Shumakov
- Producer
- Olga Vasilyeva
- Producer
- Pavel Lungin
- Director of Photography
- Andrei Zhegalov
- Director of Photography
- Denis Evstigneev