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The Self-Irony of Fate

2022 · 69 min

A warm, silly New Year's variety show where familiar faces sing and clown around in a bathhouse, easy to leave on in the background.

Overview
The plot is built around the traditional meeting of old friends in the bath and subsequent events. Musical stars, actors and comedians act out the most recognizable scenes from their favorite New Year's Soviet films and perform songs familiar to everyone.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • music
  • celebrity
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • musical
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance2
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
comedy, music, tv movie
Directed by
Roman Kim, Mikhail Semichev
Written by
Andrey Shelkov, Artem Sizykh, Maksim Tkachenko
Starring
Olga Kartunkova, Timur Batrutdinov, Pavel Volya, Lyaysan Utyasheva, Valentina Rubtsova, Andrey Gaydulyan, Anna Dzyuba, Filipp Kirkorov
Cinematography
Maksim Klyonov, Evgeniy Mlukov
Runtime
69 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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