Hipsters
(2008)
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Hipsters
(2008)
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| Oksana Akinshina | ... |
Polza
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| Eugenia Khirivskaya | ... |
Katya
(as Evgeniya Brik)
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Maksim Matveyev | ... |
Fred
(as Maksim Matveev)
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Igor Voynarovskiy | ... |
Bob
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Ekaterina Vilkova | ... | |
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Konstantin Balakirev | ... |
Dryn
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Aleksandr Stefantsov | ... |
Nolik
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Georgiy Sivokhin | ... |
Kim
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Olga Smirnova | ... |
Sherri
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Yanina Buiko | ... |
Liza
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Irina Rozanova | ... |
Mat Polzy
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| Sergey Garmash | ... |
Otets Melsa
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Oleg Yankovskiy | ... |
Otets Freda
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Aleksey Gorbunov | ... |
Labukh
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While the Cold War heats up on the world stage, rebellious youth in 1955 Moscow wage a cultural battle against dismal Soviet conformity, donning brightly colored black-market clothing, adopting American nicknames and reveling in forbidden jazz. Straight-laced 20-year-old Communist Mels finds these brazen 'hipsters' shocking until he falls under the spell of one, namely Polly, and joins the new revolution. Soon he's a peacock, cavorting in the latest flashy fashions, sporting an enormous pompadour and wailing on the saxophone. Written by Production
This film was such fun! In addition to being a most entertaining film it was so creatively filmed. The colors are wonderful, the locations believable, the music was hip and the dancing spectacular. The director was present at this Seattle Film Festival screening and took questions from the audience which made it even more interesting. I have never seen a Russian film so to hear the language and see the talented cast, it was amazing. I hope it is distributed widely and soon in the USA. I think it's time we as Americans see something other than ballet and classical music from Russia. I wouldn't be surprised to find young people in the USA emulating the "Hipsters" style of dress, Goth and Punk are so yesterday and I'm so tired of seeing everyone in jeans, t-shirts and sweat shirts!