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Assa

  • 19871987
  • 2h 33m
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7.7/10
2.7K
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Assa (1987)
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ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century ... Read allASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
2.7K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Sergey Solovyov
  • Writers
    • Sergey Livnev
    • Sergey Solovyov
  • Stars
    • Natan Eidelman(voice)
    • Anatoly Slivnikov
    • German Shorr
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  • Director
    • Sergey Solovyov
  • Writers
    • Sergey Livnev
    • Sergey Solovyov
  • Stars
    • Natan Eidelman(voice)
    • Anatoly Slivnikov
    • German Shorr
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    • 12User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Sergei Bugayev and Dmitry Shumilov in Assa (1987)
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    Sergei Bugayev, Tatyana Drubich, and Dmitry Shumilov in Assa (1987)
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    Natan Eidelman
    • Golos ot avtoraas Golos ot avtora
    • (voice)
    Anatoly Slivnikov
    Anatoly Slivnikov
    • Ambalas Ambal
    German Shorr
    • Chiras Chir
    Ilya Ivanov
    • Sharas Shar
    Aleksandr Bashirov
    Aleksandr Bashirov
    • Mayoras Mayor
    Viktor Tsoy
    • Viktor Tsoyas Viktor Tsoy
    Sergei Ryzhenko
    • Sergey - skripkaas Sergey - skripka
    Timur Novikov
    • Timur - klavishnyeas Timur - klavishnye
    Andrei Krisanov
    • Andrey - bas-gitaraas Andrey - bas-gitara
    Georgi Guryanov
    • Gustav - udarnyeas Gustav - udarnye
    • (as Gustav Guryanov)
    Kirill Kozakov
    • Platon Zubovas Platon Zubov
    • (as Kirill Kazakov)
    Aleksandr Domogarov
    Aleksandr Domogarov
    • Aleksandr Ias Aleksandr I
    Dmitriy Dolinin
    • Pavel Ias Pavel I
    Andrei Khalyavin
    • Boroda - sotrudnik KGBas Boroda - sotrudnik KGB
    Irena Kuksenaite
    • Sputnitsa Borodyas Sputnitsa Borody
    Anita Zhukovskaya
    • Zoyaas Zoya
    Viktor Beshlyaga
    • Albert Petrovichas Albert Petrovich
    Dmitry Shumilov
    • Negr Vityaas Negr Vitya
    • Director
      • Sergey Solovyov
    • Writers
      • Sergey Livnev
      • Sergey Solovyov
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    Storyline

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    ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot. —Andrew Obin <aobin@lehman.com>
    • mobster
    • swimming
    • suicide
    • stabbed in the chest
    • russian mafia
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      • Crime
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      • Romance
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The Swimming scenes were shot in summer, so the snow on water and land is artificial.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Other Day 1961-2003: Our Era: Namedni 1988 (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Zdravstvuy, malchik Bananan
      (uncredited)

      Music by Yuriy Chernavskiy

      Lyrics by Vladimir Matetskiy

    User reviews12

    Review
    Top review
    4/10
    An unpleasant freak-show with very bitter taste
    One can find many redeeming qualities inside this movie, I am sure. But to me it is a very peculiar film to be enjoyed.

    My point is: certain things are destroying this movie. Here I mean unpleasant and filthy atmosphere. It creeps onto you gradually and makes viewing of the whole thing kind of repellent. Yes, it's got nice pieces of music (including the last song performed by a cult Soviet/Russian musician), it's got some inventive touches: weird vocabulary (too detailed though), a strange Bananan's "dream" sequence (too short and cheap); strange theatrical "freak-show" (too depressive and awkward to my taste), juxtaposition of different time periods in the history of our country (too dark and gloomy), and so on. It has wacky characters (schizophrenics, dwarfs, boozers, punks, maniacal killers, and Soviet squares) as well. But if the movie is aesthetically repellent, it gets into a ditch no matter how much potential it has. First time I saw it, it seemed fresh and innovative, but in the course of time it gets … plain (meaning "ugly") and sick, sorry.

    By the way, in our country a gramophone record "Assa" was once released that contained all the songs from the movie (as I remember, "VVS, Voienno-Vozdushniye Sily" was our favourite at school).

    Can give it 4 out of 10 only (the points are mostly for its freaking pieces of music compositions - alas, this movie is an example of "frustrated gifts", like "A Clockwork Orange"). Thank you for attention.
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    • AndreiPavlov
    • Jun 28, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 1988 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Асса
    • Filming locations
      • Crimea, Ukraine
    • Production companies
      • Krug
      • Mosfilm
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 33 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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