Kopeika . The Kopeck
Duration: 01:55:00 This movie skims over Russian urban epos of the past 30 years, telling the story of a Soviet automobile, the first VAZ-2101 ever issued, a "people's car" that was in fact a cheap and ugly Fiat knock-off -- and its owners through the time. From a revered status item...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Russian |
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Dykhovichnyj, Ivan
2002
Russia |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:46d740b1-f018-431d-8486-d52e4cceca45 |
| _version_ | 1771404965560975364 |
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| author2 | Dykhovichnyj, Ivan |
| author_facet | Dykhovichnyj, Ivan |
| collection | OSA Film Library |
| dateSpan | 2002 |
| description | Duration: 01:55:00
This movie skims over Russian urban epos of the past 30 years, telling the story of a Soviet automobile, the first VAZ-2101 ever issued, a "people's car" that was in fact a cheap and ugly Fiat knock-off -- and its owners through the time. From a revered status item in the luxury-strapped Soviet reality, to a ridiculed relic from the grim past, through a Politburo member, a physicist, a KGB agent, a prostitute, a gambler, an avant-garde artist, an alcoholic car mechanic, a nouveau riche -- the car suffers through comic and thrilling events of their lives, ruined and restored many a times. There are also several brief appearances of present day Russian cult figures: Sorokin and Dykhovichny both appear in tiny roles; Petlura, a midget from the art posse, pops all over the movie; the "alcoholic pop" singer Sergey Shnurov plays, well, the drunkard who sticks a knife into the fat businessman. |
| genre | libraryUnit |
| geographic | Russia (Federation) |
| id | bulk_7D07121B-A8FA-4475-ABEB-3A6BC3396CC0 |
| institution | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| language | Russian |
| publishDate | 2002 |
| publisher | Dykhovichnyj, Ivan Russia |
| spellingShingle | Kopeika . The Kopeck [Fiction film] |
| title | Kopeika . The Kopeck |
| topic | [Fiction film] |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:46d740b1-f018-431d-8486-d52e4cceca45 |