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Peculiarities of the National Politics (2003)
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Original name: Особенности национальной политики
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova now are going into politics.
Style:
witty, feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, ironic, dark comedy, political comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, political intrigue, male camaraderie, friendship, satire, election campaign, social commentary, politics, escapades, society, drunkenness, nothing goes right, partner, culture clash, disorder, political corruption, buddies, misfit partners, media manipulation, corruption, bureaucracy, provincial, scheming, farce, national identity ...
Time:
contemporary
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