Directed by:
Aleksey PopogrebskiyCinematography:
Павел КостомаровComposer:
Dmitry KatkhanovCast:
Ivan Shvedoff, Sergey Puskepalis, Leonid Bronevoy, Mikhail Evlanov, Светлана Камынина, Sergey Styopin, Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov, Olga Samoshina (more)Plots(1)
Sergei Maslov is a badly paid hospital anaesthetist. He is being worn down by his wretched accommodation which he shares with a Georgian driver and an infirm old woman. To make matters worse, he loses his driving licence and has to cope suddenly with his daughter leaving home. He is only slightly placated by the income he gets for caring privately for an aging actor. Having only just gained his trust, his famous patient starts overburdening him with his senile whims. Maslov is concerned about his daughter's future. The crisis comes to a head when the actor makes him an enticing offer. He intends bequeathing to him a valuable painting. A great deal of time passes before Maslov realises the significance of the "uneasy lightness of being"... This essentially optimistic story highlights the bleak side of the daily life of ordinary people, in particular, their ability to adapt themselves when faced with unpleasant dilemmas. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Ivan Shvedoff
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Sergey Puskepalis
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Moj pareň - Angel (2012)
Siberia, Monamour (2011)
Simple Things (2007)
Leonid Bronevoy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Něbesa obětovannyje (1991)
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) (series)
Formula lyubvi (1984) (TV movie)
Mikhail Evlanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Fortress of War (2010)
9th Company (2005)
Simple Things (2007)
Светлана Камынина
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Simple Things (2007)
Heaven on Earth (2006)
Sergey Styopin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Simple Things (2007)
Jolki 2 (2011)
A Driver for Vera (2004)
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Leviathan (2014)
Simple Things (2007)
I Am (2009)
Olga Samoshina
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Fool (2014)
Jolki 5 (2016)
Peculiarities of the National Fishing (1998)
Ekaterina Kulikova
Best movies:
Simple Things (2007)
Lyubov Makeeva
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
Simple Things (2007)
The White Crow (2018)
Lyubov Uchaeva
Best movies:
Simple Things (2007)
Help Gone Mad (2009)
Aleksey Simonov
Best movies:
Simple Things (2007)
Sisters (2001)
Guard (2019)
Борис Бедросов
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Simple Things (2007)
Michail Meťolkin
Best movies:
Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh (1968)
Simple Things (2007)
The Elusive Revengers (1966)