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Elections Day

2007 · 122 min

A breezy, wisecracking satire where city media types bumble through provincial politics, keeping things silly and sharp without ever getting heavy.

Directed by
Oleg Fomin
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Leonid Barats, Rostislav Khait, Aleksandr Demidov
Overview
The employees of a radio station in Moscow are forced to organize the elections campaign for a future governor in one of Russia districts.

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Directed by
Oleg Fomin
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Leonid Barats, Rostislav Khait, Aleksandr Demidov
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • media
  • corruption
  • deception
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Rostislav Khait, Leonid Barats, Boris Nadezhdin, Sergey Petreykov
Starring
Leonid Barats, Rostislav Khait, Aleksandr Demidov, Kamil Larin, Maksim Vitorgan, Nonna Grishaeva, Elena Knyazeva, Anna Azarova
Cinematography
Vasily Sikachinsky
Runtime
122 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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