Pro urodov i lyudey (1998)

Dariya the maid getting a boy to touch her large breast is just one incident that occurs when Yohan and Victor infiltrate two families, forcing young Liza and blind Ekaterina to appear in porn, but they are not so innocent themselves.

Director:

Aleksey Balabanov

Writer:

Aleksey Balabanov

Stars:

Sergey Makovetskiy, Dinara Drukarova, Anzhelika Nevolina

6 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sergey Makovetskiy	...	Yohan
Dinara Drukarova	...	Liza
Anzhelika Nevolina	...	Ekaterina Kirillovna (as Lika Nevolina)
Viktor Sukhorukov	...	Victor Ivanovich
Alyosha Dyo	...	Kolia (as Dyo Alyosha)
Chingiz Tsydendambayev	...	Tolia
Vadim Prokhorov	...	Putilov
Aleksandr Mezentsev	...	Doctor Stasov
Igor Shibanov	...	Engineer Radlov
Darya Yugrens	...	Grunia (as Darya Lesnikova)
Tatyana Polonskaya	...	Dariya
Olga Straumit	...	Nurse
Richard Bogutskii	...	Notary
Valeri Krishtapenko	...	Owner of photographic studio
Evgeniy Erokhin	...	Priest

Storyline

Dariya the maid getting a boy to touch her large breast is just one incident that occurs when Yohan and Victor infiltrate two families, forcing young Liza and blind Ekaterina to appear in porn, but they are not so innocent themselves.

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Plot Keywords:

maid | flogging | sexual harassment | st. petersburg russia | telephone call | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | History

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Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

8 September 1999 (France)

Also Known As:

Of Freaks and Men

Filming Locations:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kinokompaniya CTB, Soyuzkino

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Kolokolchik"
Written by Aleksandr Gurilev
Arranged by Vladimir Radcenkov
Sung by Petia Ovchinnikov, Vitia Aliushin

User Reviews

Of freaks and film

Very odd Russian film, with a modern, almost postmodern theme (concerning Siamese twins and pornography), but set in the early years of the twentieth century and shot in a faux-naive style that one might almost believe was that of films from this period, if one was not aware of what they were really like. There's much to enjoy: the beautiful sepia photography (of the Russian winter, and of eyeballs); great facial acting; the downright oddness of plot, scene composition characterisation and movement; the sudden discontinuities, and the semi-random, peculiarly worded captions. Hardly a movie in the traditional sense, but still a work of art.