Awards : Prix NIKA pour les meilleurs costumes, 1993
Plot synopsis
One of the most scandalous films of the decade. Making an
abstract film based on the popular Soviet novel ìThe Golden
Calfî by Ilf and Petrov, Pichul makes a vanguard gesture of a
genuinely post-Soviet director, setting a super-social task
rather than the elementary sociality that so flattered in ìLittle
Veraî. The director departs from the ìtruth of lifeî and
breaks the stylistic stereotypes in the representation of this
ìtruthî. The familiar text sounds like a profoundly alienated
quote. The absence of subtext is simplified and simultaneously
complicated by laughter through laughter instead of laughter
through nostalgic tears, thus breaking free from Soviet style.
- Prize ìGreen Apple, Golden Leafî for Best Producer, 1993;
- Prize of the Film Academy NIKA for the Best Costume
Design, 1993.
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