Movies: Alexandr Marin

The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships....

The enterprising head physician rents out places in the resort hospital to quite healthy vacationers. Fearing inspections, he keeps his “imaginary patients” under the strictest regime, prohibiting them from even going to the bathroom. So, a young tea...

Lyudmila is a successful realtor in the capital. Pictures from the past pop up in her memory, and the viewer learns at what cost a single mother from the province managed to cherish Moscow's well-being. Lyudmila's story is typical, it reflects, like ...

A well-known civil servant from the Mayor's Office in a provincial Russian town receives a note: You'll soon die. He takes no notice, and gets ready for his normal Sunday – family problems, his personal life, work, other matters… But this Sunday turn...

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The young soldier Vasily Lemekhov has returned from the hospital and met a young woman Natasha in Chisinau....