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Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a love-hate relationship ensues. When Alexi lets the bath water run over in Ivan's flat and Ivan must pay 500 rubles for repairs, he tries to force Alexi into day labor to repay him. It's hopeless. Then, suddenly, Alexi is discovered, goes on a jazz tour of America, becomes a celebrity, and returns in triumph. Ivan longs to renew the friendship, and it looks as if he may get what he wants.
Cast: Pyotr Mamonov, Pyotr Zaychenko, Natalya Kolyakanova, Elena Safonova, Vladimir Kashpur, Sergey Gazarov, Igor Zolotovitsky, Vladimir Sterzhakov, Sergey Galkin, Evgeniy Gerchakov, Dmitriy Prigov, Valeri Khlevinsky, Yelena Stepanova, Lidiya Ezhevskaya, Vyacheslav Gorbunchikov, Aleksandr Inshakov, Yury Sokolov, Yuri Yurchenko, Pierre Rival
Writer: Pavel Lungin (Writer)
Cinematographer: Andrei Zhegalov, Denis Evstigneev
Production Designer: Valeri Yurkevich
Editor: Elisabeth Guido
Sound Designer: Pierre Lorrain
Composer: Vladimir Chekasin
Direction team: Yuri Kryuchkov (Assistant Director)
Producers: Alexandr Golutva, Pierre Rival, Marin Karmitz
Production: Ask Soviet-American Films, La Sept Cinéma, Lenfilm, MK2 Productions
