The read
A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
146 audience votes
Key crew
- Karen ShakhnazarovDirector
- Aleksandr BorodyanskiyWriter
- Eduard ArtemyevOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fyodor DunayevskyIvan
- Anastasiya NemolyaevaKatya
- Oleg BasilashviliKatya's father
- Inna ChurikovaIvan's mother
- Aleksandr Pankratov-ChyornyyIvan's chief
- Vladimir MenshovGuest on Katya's birthday
- Svetlana KryuchkovaZinaida Pavlovna
- Alika SmekhovaNina
- Sergey ChonishviliIlya
- Nikolai Karnaukhovstaff department
- Vladimir SmirnovKolya Bazin
- Aleftina EvdokimovaKatya's mother
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complexplayfulintrospectiveaudacious
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