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Director:
Writers:
Oleg Malovichko (written by)
Sergey Yudakov (written by)
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Release Date:
13 November 2008 (Russia) more
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Plot:
A novelist struggling with writer's block enlists the aid of an assassin for some inspiration -- fully unaware that he is being set up to take the blame for a murder. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Konstantin Khabenskiy ... Anton Prachenko
Vladimir Mashkov ... Domovoy
Chulpan Khamatova ... Vika
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vitaly Kishchenko
Ramil Sabitov
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Домовой (Russia)
The Ghost (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Canada:145 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Russia:104 min
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Is this part three in the Night Watch series?
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Surprisingly Good, 6 November 2009
7/10
Author: smirnov-maxim from Russian Federation

In this movie young pulp-fiction writer Anton (Habensky) suffers from so called writer's block (rather unusual illness for a pulp fiction writer), excessive drinking and complicated relationships with this girlfriend Vika (Khamatova) and small son. Abruptly a real professional killer, prototype of Anton's fictional character named Domovoy (kind of ghost living in houses together with human beings in Russian mythology), interferes into his life and helps to recover inspiration through participation in fake homicide.

One of the drawbacks of modern Russian cinematography is total inability to make good genre movies, not genius ones, but yet having something really interesting to watch. Pure romantic comedies, solid melodramas, high-quality biopics. This picture is a lucky exception from this rule: "Domovoy" is a well made thriller, and its suspense and intrigue will definitely suffice you.

And, for sure, Habensky is excellent at playing drunkards, a talent that he uses in his every third film.

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