DZIDZIO Contrabass (2017)

When three boneheads decide to make an illegal deal, you will wait for the end of the world.

Director:

Oleh Borshchevskyi

Writers:

Vladimir Nagorny (as Volodymyr Nahornyi), Ivan Polyakov

Stars:

Mykhailo Khoma, Olena Lavrenyuk, Nazariy Guk

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Mykhailo Khoma	...	Dzidzio / Karl's Voice
Olena Lavrenyuk	...	Alyona
Nazariy Guk	...	Yulik
Orest Halys'kyi	...	Lamur (as Orest Galitsky)
Serhii Lyba	...	Thug
Rimma Zyubina	...	Shopkeep
Aleksey Vertinskiy	...	Police Captain
Vladimir Goryanskiy	...	Poacher
Ihor Kondratyuk	...	Father Volodymyr, the Priest

Storyline

When three boneheads decide to make an illegal deal, you will wait for the end of the world. Growing up near the border, money wasn't an issue for them. Suddenly, a pretty woman appears on their way and ruins all of their plans. Get ready for the ground shaking adventures when these three men risk everything to make their dreams a reality. Killer comedy starring the Ukrainians' favorite man.

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Plot Keywords:

loose wire | monk | contraband | money | poacher | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Made after popular fan demands from eponymous band's fans due to heavily scripted music videos becoming more and more cinematic.

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Connections

References Super rapina a Milano (1964)

User Reviews

Kusturica-2: the soul of Ukrainian village

If you'd watch the prequels to Dzidzio's music videos, you'll see that his style and desire to excel on Big screen were growing over last decade. This tongue-in-cheek but very positive comedy is pleasantly different from many counterparts from Ukraine and its neighbors by being at the same time positive and entertaining.

Its portrayal of beautiful rural outback, where people are poor, but cheerful, is like the best of E.Kusturica's movies but without politics and the "sur-" affix to realism. It is a family movie, but with intricate sexual references; it is about the religion and smuggling roles in the borderlands' life at the same time.

The only setback may be the language, which is very particularly heavy on regional accent and even for a Ukrainian it would not be simple to understand, not speaking of translation... The score is undeservedly low because of strong competition from 40 other Ukrainian releases this year, but it is much better than most of FSU comedies, e.g. from Armenia, or Baltic states, which seem to enjoy the support form corresponding diaspora votes. I rate it 4/5

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Ukraine

Language:

Ukrainian Russian Italian

Release Date:

31 August 2017 (Ukraine)

Also Known As:

DZIDZIO Контрабас

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$822,880

Company Credits

Production Co:

Solar Media Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color