Writer
A day in the life of a mother and her daughter, who have already reached a stage in life where their age difference is barely noticeable. One day, the two are visited by a young official who quite unwittingly makes the mother feel young again, and so she decides to set out for a walk by the river together with her daughter. It becomes increasingly clear to both of them that the best days of their lives are past and that they make a ludicrous impression wherever they go. However, they somehow keep their spirits up and try to enjoy this last walk together. They both know that this is the very last of the ‘grand days’ of their lives.
Story
A strange man intervenes between ex-spouses on a matter directly related to a large sum of money one of them had secured after selling a piece of property.
Screenplay
A strange man intervenes between ex-spouses on a matter directly related to a large sum of money one of them had secured after selling a piece of property.
Writer
A young piano tuner befriends two rich old-ladies, and plots, with the help of his girlfriend, to betray their trust and steal from them.
Screenplay
The movie examines the lives of the not-so-fortunate dregs of society through airy but uneven absurdist comedy. The unfortunates of the title are mentally challenged people, some of whom could be termed insane - or merely inane.
The movie examines the lives of the not-so-fortunate dregs of society through airy but uneven absurdist comedy. The unfortunates of the title are mentally challenged people, some of whom could be termed insane - or merely inane.
Screenplay
A couple of post-Soviet slackers want to record a video message for their friends who have moved to the United States. Muratova’s view of different types of freedom and pleasure.
A couple of post-Soviet slackers want to record a video message for their friends who have moved to the United States. Muratova’s view of different types of freedom and pleasure.
Writer
A man goes to see his former schoolmate working at a boiler house and persuades him to burn in the furnace the corpse of his communal flat neighbor whom he has just murdered after a quarrel. An orphaned girl gets a job in the archives of the maternity home to find out the identity of her mother who abandoned her years earlier. She finds her, befriends her and takes the first opportunity to throw her into the sea. An old intellectual tries to explain to the neighbor’s five-year-old daughter “all the abomination of her lumpen existence”. The girl feeling hurt for her mother decides to poison the old man with arsenic.
In this affectionate, leisurely paced comedy, an Odessa policeman is out walking his beat when he discovers an adorable infant abandoned in a cabbage patch. He does his duty and takes the baby to an orphanage, but later he and his wife, who have an unusually affectionate and cozy relationship, decide to try and adopt the little one. What they must go through to accomplish that goal is anything but straightforward.
The middle-aged journalist Kovalev finally gets the chance to become the chief editor of the newspaper. Not wanting to tempt fate, the hero turns to the party organizer for support. And then something unexpected happens - Kovalev is bitten in the ankle by a dog, and he becomes a werewolf. Turning into a terrible dog at night, Kovalev has been prowling around the city ever since and instilling fear in his readers. Police officer Vasya Kovalev, the son of an unfortunate journalist, is instructed to find and neutralize the beast ...
Writer
The middle-aged journalist Kovalev finally gets the chance to become the chief editor of the newspaper. Not wanting to tempt fate, the hero turns to the party organizer for support. And then something unexpected happens - Kovalev is bitten in the ankle by a dog, and he becomes a werewolf. Turning into a terrible dog at night, Kovalev has been prowling around the city ever since and instilling fear in his readers. Police officer Vasya Kovalev, the son of an unfortunate journalist, is instructed to find and neutralize the beast ...
