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Georgi Daneliya (writer)
Revaz Gabriadze (writer)
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2 November 1978 (Hungary) more
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Pilot Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams... more | add synopsis
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1 win more
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CLASSIC more (15 total)
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Мимино (Soviet Union: Russian title)
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97 min
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Rubik Khachikyan:
The truck got stolen.
Valentin Mizandari:
What do you mean stolen? Are you sure this is where you parked it?
Rubik Khachikyan:
What do you mean am I sure? A woman was smoking next to that garbage bin over there.
Valentin Mizandari:
Rubik stay here, don't let anyone go in or out, get the trails. I'll go get the police.
Rubik Khachikyan:
Tell them that the truck got stolen, it was brand new!
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Spoofed in Starye pesni o glavnom 3 (1998) (TV) more
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This is one of the BEST and MOST POPULAR Soviet Comedies ever!
In all former Soviet states this film is still loved and admired, so It's pity that non-Russian speaking audience will never get even 10% of its jokes and humor. There are several reasons for this:
1) To understand this (and actually all soviet film) one must not just know the Russian language - one must know the Soviet system, soviet culture, lifestyle.
2) Those who think that Soviet UNION=Russia are very wrong, and here the fact that USSR consisted of 15 different states (and hundreds of nations actually) has a great importance - as the story concerns the "adventures" of two southerners (a Georgian and an Armenian) in Moscow (that was both capital of Russia and USSR)-great deal of humor comes from their accents, as well as cultural differences. The director himself is Georgian who mostly lives in Russia and most of his films concern Russia (almost all of them are very popular in Russia) Only in one film (Ne Goryui!- that is equally as good as this one though very different) the action takes place in Georgia. (other much recommended films are Kin-Dza-Dza and Autumn Marathon..)
3) It is very important to know certain cultural confrontation that existed in USSR and still exists in Russia - Caucasians (Russia is the only v\country where this term means "black, dark person" - i.e. Georgians, Armenians, Azeri, and others) are rather unpopular in Russia (Russian nationalists consider them second main enemy after Jews, now due to Chechnya war Caucasian people became the most unpopular in Russia ); Characters of Georgian And Armenian visually fit the most standard stereotypes that exist in Russia (- big flat hat, moustaches, etc.) Armenians and Georgians for thousands of years had rivalry and competition, each trying to prove that it is older, better, and more cultural than the other;
- AND DESPUITE ALL THIESE Danelia MADE a film where there is no national problem - there are good people and not so good people, friendship and understanding between all these nations win - and therefore the film has a great political-subtexts - though it is delivered so lightly and tenderly that nobody thinks to call it propaganda or political film- its just a CLASSIC SOVIET COMEDY, delicious and funny, not that slapstick-cake-into-face staff, but film about real people, real feelings and real values.