Sergey Solovyov
Assa
Edition 1988
153'
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1987
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Crime, Historical, Drama, Romance
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Dialogue:
Russian, French
Director:
Sergey Solovyov
Composer:
Boris Grebenshchikov
With:
Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr
One of the first films of the perestrojka age, Assa may open a luminous window on what Gorbachev's new cinema may look like. This stylish rock-thriller is crammed with a wealth of invention. Technically innovative, with a fresh approach to thesping and explanation-less storytelling, this film is watchable and surprising.
Yalta in winter, covered in snow, Brezhnev's 1980 is the setting for the arrival of Andrei Krymov. This gentleman-mobster, who's swindled millions and murders with regret, has come to meet his young mistress Alika. The snowstorm gives Alika time to get acquainted with Bananan, irrepressible singer in a rock band and burgeoning composer. She likes his style, but has other things on her mind. Without false moralizing, film depicts her relationship to the gangster as deeper than just an attraction to the luxuries he showers upon her. (Yung. in Variety, 18.5.1988)
Yalta in winter, covered in snow, Brezhnev's 1980 is the setting for the arrival of Andrei Krymov. This gentleman-mobster, who's swindled millions and murders with regret, has come to meet his young mistress Alika. The snowstorm gives Alika time to get acquainted with Bananan, irrepressible singer in a rock band and burgeoning composer. She likes his style, but has other things on her mind. Without false moralizing, film depicts her relationship to the gangster as deeper than just an attraction to the luxuries he showers upon her. (Yung. in Variety, 18.5.1988)
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Credits
Director
Sergey Solovyov
Composer
Boris Grebenshchikov
With
Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr
Scenario
Sergey Solovyov, Sergey Livnev
Director of Photography
Pavel Lebeshev
Editor
Vera Kruglova
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Dialogue
Russian, French
Countries of production
Union soviétique
Year
1987
