Isaac MAGITON
Исаак МАГИТОН
Isaac MAGUITON
USSR, 1975, 95mn 
Colour, fiction
Pivot From The Skies
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Центровой из поднебесья

 

 Le Pivot du ciel

 Tsentrovoy iz podnebesya

 
Directed by : Isaac MAGITON (Исаак МАГИТОН)
Writing credits : Vasili AKSENOV (Василий АКСЕНОВ)
Production : Gorky Film Studio
Spectators : 17,8 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 28/03/1977
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Plot synopsis
A young man of 2.08m height should love basketball, but he has fallen in love with the soloist of the VIA (vocal-instrumental ensemble) ‘Adventure’, Nina Chelnokova. In order to follow his beloved on her tours, Yura “Kulich” (Eastercake) Kulikovsky joins the collective of the basketball team ‘Student’, which is managed by the legendary coach and incorrigible romantic Samson Groznyak.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Douze films soviétiques sur le sport que vous pouvez regarder en ligne, Anna POPOVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2024
 
Reviews on Kinopoisk

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Sport films, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Soviet musicals, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2014

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