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Shirli-myrli (1995)
it's available with english subs
The film is a comedy with elements of grotesque; it is set in post-Soviet Russia, it overexaggerates the common prejudices that supposedly Americans or Europeans have about Russians.
The plot of the story is based on the notion that from morning until dawn Russians drink the popular alcoholic beverage named Vodka, being drunk they sing the world-renowned Russian operas in the company of Gypsy folk groups and bears, accompanied by balalaikas, surrounded by matreshkas, and dressed in traditional costumes of peasants from the 19th century.
Moreover, the film shows criminal gangs, corrupt policemen, bribery, nationalism, antisemitism. On top of that, the Russians (being Jewish, Chinese, and with the black skin color simultaneously, due to mysterious and twisted circumstances at birth) show the famous Russian hospitality and generosity, readiness to widely open their mysterious souls and to become brothers with complete strangers. As expected, women feed guests and the people passing by with the traditional dishes: sour cabbage right from the bucket, salads in enormous cans, salted cucumbers - all followed by some Vodka and more Vodka.
The story has a happy ending: it is, of course, about love between all the people of the world. Policemen and criminals hug, fighting relatives and colleagues forgive each other, the authorities provide the citizens of the country with a fair share of the treasure that is finally discovered. The ending suggests that all of us are brothers and sisters and the future is bright.
It is available to watch on youtube in official Mosfilm channel with english subs. "Shirley Myrli (comedy, dir. Vladimir Menshov, 1995)"
Please be warned there is some bad language and some people may be offended.
Glubzhe! (2020)
Quite an unexpected political satire
This film is rather non-standard. Hope it will be translated in the other languages except Russian. I don't want to include spoilers, but the film is in a way unique in how it portrays the current political situation.
The Death of Stalin (2017)
You wouldn't make fun of Holocaust
Sorry guys, I'm Russian. I haven't watched the movie previously as it's unavailable in Russia. This is why I think that it's good that it's banned. I don't know what the real motives of the Russian government was for banning it, but it's good that not many Russians have seen it.
Now let's start with some facts. Stalin wasn't Russian, he was Georgian. Khrushchev wasn't Russian either, he was Ukranian. So it's not that nice to make it all about "the bad Russians". I don't know how it happened that in the minds of the people USSR equals to Russia, and why people think that Stalin was Russian.
Well, I do not care that much about the leaders. What makes it not funny, is that the number of the people who were killed during the Stalin purges is millions, and much bigger is the number of the people that weren't killed, but sent to the concentration camps or to work in places where people die from work. It was a terrible time to live in, people were scared to death to say anything that could lead to someone else reporting on them. It was a tragedy.
I see a lot of films about the Holocaust, but there are no films about the concentration camps in Russia, serious films, not like this one. But the situation was equally terrible. Now can you imagine a film about the Holocaust where Hitler casually sends orders to kill people and the audience is supposed to laugh?
I know that there's been a Cold War, and that there's history, and that there's Putin, but please do have respect to the innocent victims that died in the concentration camps.
The Death of Stalin (2017)
You wouldn't make fun of Holocaust
Sorry guys, I'm Russian. I haven't watched the movie previously as it's unavailable in Russia. This is why I think that it's good that it's banned. I don't know what the real motives of the Russian government was for banning it, but it's good that not many Russians have seen it.
Now let's start with some facts. Stalin wasn't Russian, he was Georgian. Khrushchev wasn't Russian either, he was Ukranian. So it's not that nice to make it all about "the bad Russians". I don't know how it happened that in the minds of the people USSR equals to Russia, and why people think that Stalin was Russian.
Well, I do not care that much about the leaders. What makes it not funny, is that the number of the people who were killed during the Stalin purges is millions, and much bigger is the number of the people that weren't killed, but sent to the concentration camps or to work in places where people die from work. It was a terrible time to live in, people were scared to death to say anything that could lead to someone else reporting on them. It was a tragedy.
I see a lot of films about the Holocaust, but there are no films about the concentration camps in Russia, serious films, not like this one. But the situation was equally terrible. Now can you imagine a film about the Holocaust where Hitler casually sends orders to kill people and the audience is supposed to laugh?
I know that there's been a Cold War, and that there's history, and that there's Putin, but please do have respect to the innocent victims that died in the concentration camps.