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Mimino (1977)
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Mimino (1977)
Original name: Мимино
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
Style: feel good, smart, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: aviation, misadventure, pilot, friendship, hotel, helicopter pilot, friends, misfit, follow your dream, urban, lifestyle, city life, social relations, disorder, fish out of water, odd couple, ethnic, hopes, misfit partners, initially antagonists, small time, travel, village, mountain, winter ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: soviet union, georgia, ussr, russia, caucasus, armenia, moscow russia ...
Keyword: georgia (former ussr), russian, armenian, change

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
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The Passport (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds himself caught up in the middle of a bureaucratic mess when he realizes that if he tells the truth about who he is, he will go to jail and his brother's ...
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Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In this comic but dated story, nerdy Shurik travels to Caucas in search of native legends and folklore. But what he finds is a beautiful girl whom, due to intoxication and deceit of the local "gang", he ends up literally stealing for the ...
Style: feel good, humorous, romantic, spoof
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Place: soviet union, ussr, caucasus, russia
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Don't Grieve (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 94 min.
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Time: year 1977, 70s
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