''Mechanical Suite'' (russian: Механическая сюита, Mekhanicheskaya syuita) is a 2001 Russian

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term ori ...

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directed by Dmitry Meskhiev. The film is based on the story ''Brothers'' by

Janusz Głowacki Janusz Andrzej Głowacki (13 September 1938 – 19 August 2017), better known as Janusz Głowacki or colloquially simply as Głowa, was a Polish playwright, essayist and screenwriter. Głowacki was the recipient of multiple awards and honours, in ...

Plot

Kolya (Sergei Golovkin), an employee from the patent department of a plant, goes to Lykovo near St. Petersburg for the weekend and dies of a heart attack. The administration of the plant decides to transport the body to the homeland of the deceased for burial. For this purpose two people are sent on a business trip: Markerants (

Sergei Garmash Sergei Leonidovich Garmash (russian: Серге́й Леони́дович Гарма́ш; born 1 September 1958) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. He is a People's Artist of Russia. In 2013 he was a member of the jury at the 35th Mosc ...

), who at any time can develop an ulcer, and business-minded Mityagin ( Mikhail Porechenkov). On the way, Mityagin offers Markerants to drink a toast in the dining car for Kolya, for destiny, for their country. All ends with Markerants giving all the money collected by the plant for Kolya's burial to some woman named Lyuyba (Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya). Having lost their travel money, they go on an adventure and drive with the stiff in a normal train compartment. A chance passenger, Edouard (

Konstantin Khabensky Konstantin Yurievich Khabensky, PAR (russian: link=no, Константин Юрьевич Хабенский; born 11 January 1972) is a Russian actor of stage and film, director and philanthropist. From 1997 he was part of the Saint Petersbur ...

), who has stolen an item worth $50,000 from a factory, drops his immensely heavy suitcase on the dead man's head. Edouard ends up thinking that he is the culprit in Kolya's death. To get rid of the evidence, he throws the corpse out the window. The greedy Mityagin decides to take advantage of the situation and demands money so that he will not to give out the "murderer". This leads to everyone subsequently finding themselves under the persecution of the mafia and the police.

Cast

* Mikhail Porechenkov as Mityagin *

as Markerants *

as Edouard *

Sergei Makovetsky Sergei Vasilievich Makovetsky (russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Макове́цкий, born 13 June 1958) is a Soviet and Ukrainian-born Russian film and stage actor. Filmography Film *1982: ''To take live!'' *1983: ''Ekipazh ma ...

as operative officer Plyuganovskiy *

Andrei Zibrov Andrei Yurievich Zibrov, russian: link=no, Андрей Юрьевич Зибров; 5 July 1973, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian actor. He has acted on stage on Lensovet Theatre. Selected filmography Film *'' Women's Property'' (1999) as Kostya ...

as machinist Viktor *Oksana Bazilevich as striptease dancer Asya *

Aleksandr Bashirov Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (russian: Александр Николаевич Баширов; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986. ...

as man in a police car *

Zoya Buryak Zoya Yurievna Buryak (russian: Зо́я Ю́рьевна Буря́к; 6 November 1966, Krasnoyarsk) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. Biography Zoya Buriak was born in Krasnoyarsk on 6 November 1966. In 1971 her family moved to ...

as beer seller *Anna Geller *Sergei Golovkin as deceased Kolya *

Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya Yevgenia Vladimirovna Dobrovolskaya (russian: Евге́ния Влади́мировна Доброво́льская; born 26 December 1964) is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2005) ...

as Lyuba * Yury Kuznetsov as pathologist *

Irina Rozanova Irina Yurievna Rozanova (russian: Ири́на Ю́рьевна Роза́нова; born 22 July 1961) is a Russian actress. She has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1985. In 2008 she was a member of the jury at the 30th ...

as Olga *

Aleksandr Fatyushin Aleksandr Konstantinovich Fatyushin (russian: Александр Константинович Фатюшин; 1951 — 2003) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. In 1984, he was the Honored Artist of the RSFSR and the winner of the US ...

as Major Lebedev *

Zinaida Sharko Zinaida Maximovna Sharko (russian: Зинаида Максимовна Шарко; 14 May 1929 – 4 August 2016) was a Russian actress of theatre and film. She was a member of Bolshoi Drama Theatre, and was awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR i ...

as Plyuganovskiy's mother

Awards

*Evgenia Dobrovolskaya received the Best Supporting Actress prize at the Nika (2001), Golden Aries (2001) and "Constellation" (2001) awards.

References

External links

{{IMDb title, tt0309853 Russian crime comedy-drama films 2001 black comedy films 2001 films Films directed by Dmitry Meskhiev 2000s crime comedy-drama films Russian black comedy films