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Courier (1986)
Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
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Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
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Genre:Drama, Romance, Comedy
Written By:Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
In Theaters:11/11/1986
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Runtime:88 minutes
Studio:Mosfilm
Cast
Karen Shakhnazarov
Director
Fyodor Dunayevsky
Ivan
Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Katya
Oleg Basilashvili
Katya's father
Inna Churikova
Ivan's mother
Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy
Ivan's chief
Vladimir Menshov
Guest on Katya's birthday
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Zinaida Pavlovna
Alika Smekhova
Nina
Sergey Chonishvili
Ilya
Nikolai Karnaukhov
staff department
Vladimir Smirnov
Kolya Bazin
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