Popsa (russian: Попса) is a Russian musical drama film, released in 2005. The film was directed by Elena Nikolaeva. It is a film about the enduring passion of the inhabitants of the remote area to

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Plot

The eighteen-year-old provincial Slavka comes to Moscow with the dream of becoming a singer. Her hopes are connected with the famous music producer Larissa, whose business card is in her purse. Having experienced the delights of the bohemian lifestyle of pop stars, Slava changes his views on life.

Cast

Yelena Velikanova Yelena Sergeyevna Velikanova (russian: Еле́на Серге́евна Велика́нова; born October 5, 1984, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian theatre, film and voice actress. Career In 2001, Yelena entered the Mikhail Shchepkin Highe ...

as Slavka * Tatyana Vasilyeva as Larisa Ivanovna *

Dmitry Pevtsov Dmitry Anatolyevich Pevtsov (russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Певцов) (born July 8, 1963) is a Russian actor, Member of the State Duma from Medvedkovo constituency of Moscow from 2021, member on New People political party. ...

as Dmitry Gromov *

Vsevolod Shilovsky Vsevolod Nikolaevich Shilovsky (russian: Все́волод Никола́евич Шило́вский; born June 3, 1938, Moscow ) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986). He was awarded ...

as Yefim Ilyich Rakitin *

Lolita Milyavskaya Lolita Markovna Milyavskaya (russian: Лоли́та Ма́рковна Миля́вская, née Горелик (Gorelik); uk, Лоліта Марківна Мілявська; born 14 November 1963) is a Russian singer, actress, TV and film d ...

as Irina Pepelyaeva * Oleg Nepomnyashchy as Yulik * Lyanka Gryu as Alisa * Aleksey Garnizov as composer * Valery Garkalin as Lev MalinovskyМаэстро – песенник
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Moskovskij Komsomolets ''Moskovskij Komsomolets'' (russian: Московский комсомолец, lit=Moscow Komsomolets) is a Moscow-based daily newspaper with a circulation approaching one million, covering general news. Founded in 1919, it is famed for its to ...

Ivan Rudakov Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgar ...

as Vlad, rock star *

Bari Alibasov Bari Karimovich Alibasov (russian: Бари Каримович Алибасов; tt-Cyrl, Бари Кәрим улы Әлибасов; kk, Бауыржан Кәрімұлы Әлібасов; born 6 June 1947, in Charsk, Semipalatinsk Oblast, US ...

as cameo

Soundtrack

*Yevgeny Osin — The Golden Dream *Elena Masaltseva / Ivan Rudakov — Playing the Flute at Night *Elena Masaltseva — The Bird *

Yuri Poteyenko Yuri Anatolievich Poteyenko (, born December 5, 1960) is a Russian film composer. Four times the winner of the Golden Eagle Award for the best film music (2010, 2013, 2016, 2018). Selected filmography * ''Night Watch'' (2004) * '' Popsa'' ...

— Theme *Dmitry Chernus — Lennon, Marley, Che Gevara *Velvet — I Want to Be Alive *

— Prisoner to Love *Ivan Rudakov — The Guitar

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0460532 *

Sergey Kudryavtsev Sergey Valentinovich Kudryavtsev (russian: Серге́й Валенти́нович Кудря́вцев) is a Russian film critic and historian. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1978 and worked in the office of So ...

Мелодраматическая комедия нравов
2005 films 2000s musical drama films Russian musical drama films Films set in Moscow Films scored by Yuri Poteyenko