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Mimino

1977 · 92 min

A gentle, bittersweet comedy that ambles through misadventures and quiet longing, leaving a warm ache of homesickness and contentment.

Directed by: Georgiy Daneliya
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mher Mkrtchyan, Evgeni Leonov

Overview: Local Georgian pilot Mimino dreams of flying airplanes for major international airlines. To realize his aspirations, he goes to Moscow where he encounters a fellow comrade from the Caucasus, the Armenian Rubik. Many misadventures ensue.

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Directed by: Georgiy Daneliya
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mher Mkrtchyan, Evgeni Leonov

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
ambition
family
healing
Places: big city
small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Georgiy Daneliya
Written by: Viktoriya Tokareva, Georgiy Daneliya, Revaz Gabriadze
Starring: Vakhtang Kikabidze, Mher Mkrtchyan, Evgeni Leonov, Elena Proklova, Marina Dyuzheva, Archil Gomiashvili, Leonid Kuravlyov, Savely Kramarov
Music: Gia Kancheli
Cinematography: Anatoly Petritsky
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Armenian, Russian, Georgian, English

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