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Overview

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Director:
Aleksey Balabanov
Writers:
Aleksey Balabanov (writer)
Stas Mokhnachev (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 June 2005 (Russia) more
Genre:
Comedy | Thriller more
Tagline:
For those who survived the 90s
Plot:
Sergei and Simon have to deliver a suitcase full of heroin to Mikhalych or else they will be killed... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Godlike! more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Aleksei Panin ... Sergei
Dmitriy Dyuzhev ... Simon
Nikita Mikhalkov ... Sergei Mikhajlovich
Sergei Makovetsky ... Koron
Viktor Sukhorukov ... Stepan
Dmitri Pevtsov ... Lawyer
Kirill Pirogov ... Executioner
Aleksey Serebryakov ... Doctor
Andrei Merzlikin ... Referent / Mikhalych's Assistant
Yuri Stepanov ... Kaban
Grigoriy Siyatvinda ... Eggplant
Anatoli Zhuravlyov ... Bala
Garik Sukachyov ... Brain
Andrey Panin ... Architect
Aleksandr Bashirov ... Man Tied to the Chair
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Жмурки (Russia)
Blind Man's Bluff (USA)
Kavardak (Russia) (working title)
Untitled Aleksei Balabanov Project (Russia) (working title)
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Runtime:
111 min
Country:
Russia
Language:
Russian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Approximately 50 liters of fake blood were used in the film. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The many continuity lapses and other apparent technical errors are a matter of deliberate stylistic choice in this pastiche of 1990s Russian-Mafia movies. more
Quotes:
Simon: Let's kill the negro. I don't like them. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Pulp Fiction (1994) more

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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Godlike!, 16 June 2005
10/10
Author: Morfeus Ivanovich from Riga, Latvia

This is truly the best Russuian movie since Brat 2. It is very realistic, bloody, and it precisely depicts one of the most dramatical episodes of the history of the modern Russia. Directing is flawless, the usual Balabanov style rocks. Acting is just superb, especially part by Dmirty Dyzhev, who played psycho hit-man - the new version of fairy-tale folk hero Ivan. All other parts, even the smallest ones, are played by the top Russian actors - Nikita Mihalkov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Andrej Merzlikin, Sergei Makovetskij, you name them. The movie has tons of black humor, but the best episode is the one, in which gangsters with "strategic vision" become member of the Russian Parliament, and those without it lose everything. The soundtrack, consisting of Russian gangster-era pop and alternative, is just as good as OST from "Brat 2". So, to sum up - a true modern masterpiece!

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