''Heat'' (, stylized as "ЖАRА") is a 2006

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loosely based on the ''

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'', directed by and produced by

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. ''Heat'' along with ''Wolfhound'' became one of the most expensive Russian films in 2006. Additionally, its budget was one third as compared to the advertising campaign.

Plot

After three years a conscript sailor in the

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, Aleksey (

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), comes back from the

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for a meeting with his waiting girlfriend, Masha (), and old classmates. Unfortunately, he finds out that his girlfriend is already married and has a child, then decides to spend the remaining time in a restaurant with his friends—an oligarch's son, Konstantin ( Konstantin Kryukov), a beginner actor, Artur (

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), and a

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artist,

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. When their lunch is coming to the end, it appears that no one has money to pay the bill, except Konstantin's dollars which do not accept for payment. The rapper is decided to exchange currency at the nearest money changer, that will cause troubles. As the former changer belongs to the Armenian (

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gang. Saving his own life, the hero hides in the Konstantin's flat, where an

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-like swindler, Dani (), in waiting him. Meanwhile, his friends cannot wait anymore, so Artur is sent off. But before he could change the money, he is allured by the film director (Fyodor Bondarchuk) and prepares for shooting, but misses the actor-bus and leaves with

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s to demolish the

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. Eventually, Konstantin hands over his last dollars to Aleksey, but he also failed after falling in love with a young traffic victim, Nastya (). After all that, despaired Konstantin makes a fuss in the restaurant, as a result he gets jailed by the police. Luckily for him, the mates could not abandon their friend and rescue him from captivity.

Cast

as Alexey *

as Arthur * Konstantin Kryukov as Kostya *

as Timati *Anastasia Kochetkova as girl with camera *

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as Nastia *Dani Dadaev as Deni *Maria Kurkova as Masha (Alexey's ex-girlfriend) *Ptakha as husband of Masha *Mikhail Vladimirov as manager of cafe *Irina Rahmanova as waitress *Igor Vernik as employee of the film studio *

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as director *

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'' for their film, set in Moscow during a hot boiling summer, which caused as the title ''Heat'' instead of the draft entitled "City Tales" ("Сказки города"). Its filming took place in the shortest time period: "the script was written in ten days; pre-production took no more than two weeks; and after four months of shooting, the movie was done."

Reception

Despite the fiscal success, ''Heat'' took in $15 million in the CIS, and about $1 million in Ukraine, the film, mainly, received disapproving responses of critics for the commercial direction. According to the e-poll of ''

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'', ''Heat'' was recognized as the worst Russian film of 2006. * * * * * * * * *

Awards and nominations

Censorship in Ukraine

During the

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, the

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activists demanded the Ukrainian Government to ban Russian films in Ukraine after the Donetsk Airport incident with

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. On 31 November 2014, the State Agency of Ukraine for Cinema, on the proposal of the

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and the

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, forbidden to display 69 Russian films and TV series with Mikhail Porechenkov, including the film ''Heat''.

Soundtrack

The original soundtrack was released in February 2007 and included a song of , several tracks from Timati's new album ''Black Star'' and other musicians.

Track listing

#"Когда ты плачешь" - TOKiO 4:15 #"Летняя Москва" - Karina Koks 3:42 #"Город ночных фонарей" - Timati & 3:21 #"Жара" - Timati, F. Bondarchuk, NASTY 4:21 #"В городской суете" - Basta 3:55 #"Жара 77" -

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4:03 #"Детка" - Timati 4:24 #"Всё между нами" - 4:14 #"The Girl of funk" - DJ Smash 2:26 #"Groovin" - VIP77 4:11 #"Black star" - Timati 4:57 #"Лето" - Lomonosov (band) 4:17 #"Москва" - VIP77 3:33 #"Жара" - DJ Smash 3:10 #"Where you gonna be" - VIP77 4:15 #"Happy New Year" - Siberia (band) 3:23

References

;Footnotes ;Notes

External links

* *{{IMDb title, 0913446, Heat 2006 films 2006 romantic comedy films 2000s Russian films 2000s Russian-language films 2000s teen comedy films Russian romantic comedy films Russian teen comedy films Russian-language romantic comedy films Films produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk