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Release Year2024
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageArmenian
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Comedy
Votes1
DirectorEdgar Baghdasaryan
WritersEdgar Baghdasaryan
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsYasha and Leonid Brezhnev
About Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev
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.
Directed by Edgar Baghdasaryan, Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev leans on a strong ensemble — Mais Sarkisyan, Maksim Vitorgan, Ruzanna Khachatryan — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2024.
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