Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev (2024)
Yasha recently retired after serving many years at a factory, with a highlight of his career being a delegate of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1976. Yet his future is left unknown when he emerges in new realities that he finds difficult to accept. The world has changed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, yet he tries to hold on to what once was. Thus enters former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Appearing like Yasha’s alter ego, he guides Yasha, giving amusing commentary and voicing what Yasha should say or do. Brezhnev’s presence gives way for more historical leaders that Yasha idolises to arrive. Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Josip Broz Tito and Erich Honecker, and even the African dictator Jean Bedel-Bokassa all make an appearance! When Yasha takes an oath of loyalty to them, this creates trouble for his family.
Director:
Edgar Baghdasaryan
Writer:
Edgar Baghdasaryan
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Mais Sarkisyan as Yasha |
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Maksim Vitorgan as Leonid Brezhnev |
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Ruzanna Khachatryan as |
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Lilit Salnazaryan as Valya |
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Arsen Chachoyan as |
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Avital Lvova as Elena Ceausescu |
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Nazir Zhukov as |
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Samad Mansurov as |
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Georgy Engelgard as Fidel Castro |
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Ksenia Kopylova as Nastya |
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Irina Abrosimova as Ludmila Ivanovna |
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Viktor Vinogradov as Rostropovich, Musician |
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Igor Emelin as Yuri Andropov |
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Sergey Ershov as Josip Broz Tito |
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Zita Badalyan as |
| Directing | Edgar Baghdasaryan | Director |
| Writing | Edgar Baghdasaryan | Screenplay |
| Camera | Suren Tadevosyan | Director of Photography |
| Production | Karine Simonyan | Producer |
| Art | Artyom Baghdasaryan | Production Design |
| Art | Tigran Araqelyan | Production Design |
| Sound | Andranik Berberyan | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Tigran Kuzikyan | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Tigran Kuzikyan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Narek Khachaturyan | Editor |
| Editing | Alexandr Baghdasaryan | Editor |
| Editing | Jonas Zagorskas | Colorist |
| Production | Lilit Petrosyan | Line Producer |
| Production | Aksenova Valeria | Line Producer |
