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Peculiarities of the National Fishing

1998 · 95 min

A rambling, good-natured comedy of errors where drunk friends bumble across a border and the jokes come from their obliviousness.

Directed by
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Aleksei Buldakov, Viktor Bychkov, Semyon Strugachyov
Overview
General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova lose their way on a fishing trip and wind up in a neighboring country, where they decide to have a good time anyway but end up leaving their vodka and fishing equipment behind.

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Directed by
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Aleksei Buldakov, Viktor Bychkov, Semyon Strugachyov
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • survival
  • identity
  • freedom
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
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Languages
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