Released Date:
1995-02-17
Languages:
Russian, French
Countries:
Russia, France
Runtime:
87 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (1050 Reviews)
Director:
Yuri MaminVyacheslav Leykin (additional writing)
Yuri Mamin
Guy Sèligmann (adaptation)
Arkadiy Tigay
Vladimir Vardunas
Nikolai (played by Sergei Dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. Finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of Gorokhov (Victor Mikhalkov). The room's previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, Maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. Soon, Nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to Paris in the room. That's when the comedy begins - will the Russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery?
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