Strana glukhikh (1998)

Director:

Valeriy Todorovskiy

Writers:

Yuriy Korotkov, Renata Litvinova (book),

Stars:

Chulpan Khamatova, Dina Korzun, Maksim Sukhanov

5 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Chulpan Khamatova	...	Rita
Dina Korzun	...	Yaya
Maksim Sukhanov	...	Svinya ("The Pig")
Nikita Tyunin	...	Alyosha
Aleksandr Yatsko	...	The Albino
Aleksey Gorbunov	...	Landlord
Pavel Pajmalov	...	Mao
Sergey Yushkevich	...	Nuna
Alexey Diakov	...	Molodoy (as Aleksey Dyakov)
Andrei Dubovsky

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | casino | deafness | based on book

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Russia France

Language:

Russian Russian Sign Language

Release Date:

21 July 1999 (France)

Also Known As:

Country of the Deaf

Filming Locations:

Moscow, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnie des Films, Gorky Film Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Rita is walking on the deck of the casino-boat to meet Alyosha, the camera shadow is visible.

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Quotes

Svinya: This woman is mine!

User Reviews

one of a few good films made in Russia in the last decade

It's a good movie. As almost all the modern Russian movies it has a significant Hollywood feel to it, but all in all it's in the good old tradition. The acting is good (almost always), the plot is simple and effective. Quite a few scenes are done really good. In a sense it combines the depth of European (Russian) movies with power and speed of Hollywood. For example compare the scene of break up of Lesha and Rita with the drugs deal in the airport which is made in the best traditions of Tarantino. All in all good movie worth watching.