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Old Hags

2000 · 128 min

A warm, bittersweet comedy about loyal friends taking on a swindler, mixing gentle satire with heartfelt camaraderie.

Directed by: Eldar Ryazanov
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Liya Akhedzhakova, Svetlana Kryuchkova

Overview: Four old friends are experiencing various troubles adapting to the new times in modern Russia.

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Directed by: Eldar Ryazanov
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Liya Akhedzhakova, Svetlana Kryuchkova

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
class
justice
betrayal
redemption
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Eldar Ryazanov
Written by: Eldar Ryazanov, Yury Fedorov, Vladimir Moiseenko, Aleksandr Novototskiy-Vlasov
Starring: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Liya Akhedzhakova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Irina Kupchenko, Nikolay Fomenko, Valentin Gaft, Roman Kartsev, Mikhail Evdokimov
Music: Andrey Petrov
Cinematography: Lomer Akhvlediani, Grigoriy Belenkiy
Runtime: 128 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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