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A Guy from Hollywood, or the Unusual Adventures of Venya Lucky
A “hunt” has been launched against the crime boss known as Antikvar by foreign creditors from Italy, Japan, and America. The security team decides to find a double for their boss and publicly put him in harm’s way. The choice falls on the young actor Vanya Lucky. Lucky is offered the chance to “star in a Hollywood blockbuster.” It seemed that everything was going according to plan. But who would have thought that representatives of the criminal world could find themselves in such absurd, sometimes tragicomic, situations by relying on an eccentric artist who is lucky even in the most hopeless situations.
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A “hunt” has been launched against the crime boss known as Antikvar by foreign creditors from Italy, Japan, and America. The security team decides to find a double for their boss and publicly put him in harm’s way. The choice falls on the young actor Vanya Lucky. Lucky is offered the chance to “star in a Hollywood blockbuster.” It seemed that everything was going according to plan. But who would have thought that representatives of the criminal world could find themselves in such absurd, sometimes tragicomic, situations by relying on an eccentric artist who is lucky even in the most hopeless situations.
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Genre:Comedy, Adventure, Family
Written By:Roman Svetlov
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Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Roma Studio
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