Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev
Yasha recently retired after serving many years at a factory, with a highlight of his career being a delegate of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1976. Yet his future is left unknown when he emerges in new realities that he finds difficult to accept. The world has changed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, yet he tries to hold on to what once was. Thus enters former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Appearing like Yasha’s alter ego, he guides Yasha, giving amusing commentary and voicing what Yasha should say or do. Brezhnev’s presence gives way for more historical leaders that Yasha idolises to arrive. Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Josip Broz Tito and Erich Honecker, and even the African dictator Jean Bedel-Bokassa all make an appearance! When Yasha takes an oath of loyalty to them, this creates trouble for his family.
Directed by Edgar Baghdasaryan · Written by Edgar Baghdasaryan
Cast
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Mais Sarkisyan Yasha -
Maksim Vitorgan Leonid Brezhnev - Ruzanna Khachatryan
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Lilit Salnazaryan Valya - Arsen Chachoyan
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Avital Lvova Elena Ceausescu -
Nazir Zhukov -
Samad Mansurov - Georgy Engelgard Fidel Castro
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Ksenia Kopylova Nastya -
Irina Abrosimova Ludmila Ivanovna - Viktor Vinogradov Rostropovich, Musician
Make it a double feature
3h 20m together
Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev
Lengthy Night
Both from Edgar Baghdasaryan.
