Piter FM (2006)

Lyrical story about two young people, Masha and Maxim, who have to decide what to do.

Director:

Oksana Bychkova

Writers:

Oksana Bychkova, Nana Grinshtein

Stars:

Ekaterina Fedulova, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Aleksey Barabash

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ekaterina Fedulova	...	Masha
Evgeniy Tsyganov	...	Maksim
Aleksey Barabash	...	Kostya
Irina Rakhmanova	...	Lera
Natalya Reva-Ryadinskaya	...	Marina (as Natalya Reva)
Oleg Dolin	...	Fedor
Evgeniy Kulakov	...	Vitya
Kirill Pirogov	...	Gleb
Tatyana Kravchenko	...	Tatyana Petrovna
Aleksandr Bashirov	...	House manager
Artyom Semakin	...	Dima 'The Fan'
Aleksandr Khvan	...	Drunken janitor
Andrey Krasko	...	Man in underpants
Vladimir Mashkov	...	Man in slippers
Robert Gorodetskiy	...	Homeless man

Storyline

Lyrical story about two young people, Masha and Maxim, who have to decide what to do.

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Plot Keywords:

spring | place name in title | st. petersburg russia | mobile phone | female stockinged feet | 

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Taglines:

Eto ne radio, eto kino (It's not a radio station but a movie)

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Open

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [ru]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian German

Release Date:

20 April 2006 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Pityer-FM

Filming Locations:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$1,100,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Igor Tolstunov Production Company (PROFIT), Telekanal STS

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Piter" is traditional Russian slang for St. Petersburg. It was also applied to Leningrad 1918-1991.

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Crazy Credits

The cast titles of the film appear in front of a radio scale.

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Connections

References The Stroll (2003)

User Reviews

A wonderful debut

At last this film is on IMDb. A wonderful debut by a new name in Russian film directing - Oksana Bychkova. Romantic comedy Piter FM falls into a category of so-called "films for mood". The joy of living, the feeling of approaching love... and the beautiful city as one of the main "actors".

The plot is simple. Masha is a radio DJ living in Russian "northern capital" St-Petersburg. She is going to marry her old school mate. Wedding dresses, cars, flowers - that's her everyday trouble. Running in a hurry to meet her bride who would arrange another very important thing for the marriage, she loses a phone, and a young architect Maksim finds it. Maksim is about to leave for Germany in a few days, but he tries to give the phone back to its owner - several times arranging meetings but with no success...

First of all, the movie is beautifully shot. Piter (St-Petersburg) is a wonderful city with fantastic architecture. In the film, the city is bright, moving, a city with a smile - sometimes kind, sometimes sad or ironical. Don't try to analyze the film, you just have to feel it. It's like music, like an impressionistic picture - the main thing is to capture a short moment, to live for the moment and to enjoy.

After this film I finally made up my mind to go and see this wonderful city.

P.S. Andrey Krasko - RIP. One of his last roles, a very short one but really impressing.