2004

Sergey, the top-manager of the big company, probably couldn`t expect such sharp and fast turn of his life. He has lost both family and work and even his house. Landing on the street level he met his old acquaintance, the student of his year with the same way of life. The leading character decided to find a job with the help of the employment agency. He was offered a job and was ready to try…

I doubt, whether he could imagine, that job description of the profession named “listener” includes the listening of bad language and getting his lumps from the nervous Fedulov`s family members. But this makes the work more and more profitable! The business blossomed out just until the family bankruptcy.

“The Listener” is a quite merry family comedy adorned by the galaxy of famous actors.

Trailer:

Directed by:

Vladimir Zaykin

Cast:

Dmitry Dyuzhev,Mikhail Yefremov, Lyubov Tolkalina, Yevgeniy Steblov, Nikita Vysotsky, Natalya Kolyakanova

Production:

Gorkogo film studio, Russia, 2004

Feature:

Comedy

Duration:

91 min.

Additional information:

Internet Movie Database

The ordinary night in Moscow. Four people are sitting in the bar, the barmen and three occasional visitors. It is easy to start talking; as usual everyone likes to speak about himself. But the truth is often not that sort of thing, the one would easily share with the stranger.

“You are likely to be the musician, aren`t You?” Marina asks. “Oh no, I`m the chemist, the geneticist,” musician says.

And then he tells about his business trip to the village of clones. It appears, that it is better to clone in fours, that`s why in the village there are four identical blacks, four identical young girls, etc.

Later on they parted and the life took its normal course. But the film creators decided to draw our attention to the trivial parts of life: the usual sounds (the sound of street sprinkler, the door squeaks); the usual moribund village inhabited by the old women only; the usual clubhouse, where everyone looks like each other; the usual quadruplets, whose sister had died; the usual round piglets…

Trailer:

Directed by:

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Filmocom/ Hubert Bals Foundation, Russia, Netherlands, 2004

Feature:

Drama, Mysticism

Duration:

185 min.