A Friend of the Deceased
- Original title
- Priyatel pokoynika
- Year
- 1997
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
- Russia
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
-
- Aleksandr Lazarev
- Anzhelika Nevolina
- Elena Korikova
- Tatyana Krivitskaya
- Yevgeni Pashin
- Serhiy Romaniuk
- Anatoliy Mateshko
- Konstantin Kosyshin
- Valentina Iliashenko
- Rostislav Yankovskiy
- Aleksey Goncharenko
- Elena Stefanska
- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama
- Synopsis
- Tolla is an unemployed translator whose wife is leaving him. Despondent and weak, he submits to the suggestion of an acquantance to have a contract placed on the man that his wife is seeing. Instead, however, he arranges for the hit to be placed on himself. Before the contract is executed, he develops a relationship with a prostitute, and then changes his mind. In order to survive he takes the obvious course of action, which turns out to have possibly been unnecessary, and then he must deal with the guilt.
- Awards
-
1997: Nominada in European Film Awards: Best Screenplay
- Movie Soulmates' ratings
-
Register so you can access movie recommendations tailored to your movie taste.
- Friends' ratings
-
Register so you can check out ratings by your friends, family members, and like-minded members of the FA community.
Is the synopsis/plot summary missing? Do you want to report a spoiler, error or omission? Please send us a message.
If you are not a registered user please send us an email to [email protected]All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors.
For US ratings information please visit: www.mpaa.org www.filmratings.com www.parentalguide.org