Russian Movies #9

This week we’ll go with Russian traditional festives: vodka, bears and balalaikas.

Peculiarities of the National Hunt / Osobennosti natsionalnoy okhoty / Особенности национальной охоты (1995)

Genres/Tags: Comedy
iMDB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 (based on 3549 ratings)
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Starring: Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov, Sergey Russkin
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, English subtitles

Description

A Finn preparing a work on the Russian hunting traditions and customs, comes to Russia to collect materials and is invited to take part in a hunting party. His flamboyant companions include an Army general, with more than a passing resemblance to Aleksander Lebed, a police detective, local forest ranger (a devotee of Zen Buddhism) and some big-city types from St. Petersburg. Inevitably, their good intentions soon give way to endless drinking, visits to local farm girls and much else besides.

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At the Ends of the Earth / Na krau zemli / На краю земпи (1999)

Genres/Tags: Animation
Director: Konstantin Bronzit
Video format: YouTube
Languages: Russian Audio, subs are not needed

Description

A family lives in a house that teeters precariously on the very tip of a mountain. The balance of the house is affected not only by the family that lives inside, but also their cow, dog, …