Friday Night Fever (2004)

Yuri, a Russian immigrant to the US, finds work in New York City as a housekeeper and janitor while telling his family back home that he is continuing his journalism career. One day one of ... See full summary »

Director:

Tjebbo Penning

Writer:

Tjebbo Penning

Stars:

Yuri Naumkin, Patrick Madden, Kal Cauthen

Cast

Cast overview:
Yuri Naumkin	...	Yuri
Patrick Madden	...	Dancer
Kal Cauthen	...	Dancer
Stacey Hollaway	...	Dancer
Barry Lowin	...	Dancer
Stanislav Mandrka	...	Dancer
Theo Ellis	...	Dancer
Chris Daftsius	...	Dancer
William Elsman	...	Dancer
Hassan Sleirian	...	Dancer
Ray Q. Mim	...	Dancer
Sean M. Painter	...	Radio Announcer (voice)

Storyline

Yuri, a Russian immigrant to the US, finds work in New York City as a housekeeper and janitor while telling his family back home that he is continuing his journalism career. One day one of his employers leaves a suit that needs to be taken to the cleaners. Yuri decides to try on the suit and in doing so becomes a new man, with a dance sequence to prove it.

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Plot Keywords:

suit | dance | janitor | housekeeper | russian immigrant | 

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Genres:

Short

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

January 2004 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

DKNY, Details

Technical Specs

Runtime:

9 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Saturday Night Fever (1977)

User Reviews

Woefully incomplete

Yuri, a Russian immigrant, lives in New York. The film begins with him talking on the phone to his daughter and you assume she lives with his ex-wife--though the exact nature of all this isn't really disclosed. Following this phone call, he goes to work cleaning offices and apartments (not the job he told them about on the phone--but a real and non-glamorous one). While cleaning one apartment, there was a note asking him to drop off a suit to the cleaners. However, moments later he's wearing it and his outlook and others' impressions of him change dramatically--sort of like the expression "clothes make the man". What follows is very surreal and kind of cute but then the film just abruptly ends.

This is a short film that really needed to be longer--perhaps not to full-length, but at least longer than the 8 minute running time. This is because some interesting plot elements were introduced and got me very interested and then the film simply stopped--leaving me feeling that the film lacked any meaningful resolution.