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Cast
Aleksandr Lazarev Jr.
as Anatoli
Anzhelika Nevolina
as Katia
Elena Korikova
as Marina
Tetyana Kryvytska Stang Lund
as Lena / Vika (as Tatyana Krivitskaya)
Evgeniy Pashin
as Dima
Serhii Romaniuk
as Ivan
Kostiantyn Kostyshyn
as Kostya
Anatoli Mateshko
as Boris
Valentina Ilyashenko
as female bartender
Rostislav Yankovsky
as Igor Lvovich
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1997
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Comedy
Votes12
DirectorViacheslav Kryshtofovych, Leonid Boyko
WritersAndrii Kurkov
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.2 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsA Friend of the Deceased
About A Friend of the Deceased
Tolla is an unemployed translator whose wife is leaving him. Despondent and weak, he submits to the suggestion of an acquaintance to have a contract placed on the man that his wife is seeing. Instead, however, he arranges for the hit to be placed on himself. Before the contract is executed, he develops a relationship with a prostitute, and then changes his mind. In order to survive he takes the obvious course of action, which turns out to have possibly been unnecessary, and then he must deal with the guilt.
Directed by Viacheslav Kryshtofovych, Leonid Boyko, A Friend of the Deceased leans on a strong ensemble — Aleksandr Lazarev Jr., Anzhelika Nevolina, Elena Korikova — 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 1997.
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