Ne Zha 2—The Chinese Blockbuster that you've probably never heard of
I hadn’t heard of it either until recently—and yet, it’s one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
To Paris!
The film is set in the 1960s, in a remote provincial town. Ivan is a model worker, a lathe operator at a factory, raising his son Alexei alone. Problems arise in the family: Ivan's beloved wife has a huge debt and faces prison. And Alexei is humiliated by hooligans in front of his beloved girlfriend. His father finds an unusual way out of these situations: he makes a gun himself (so that Leshka can take revenge on the hooligans), then goes with his son to rob a cafe to help Masha cover the shortfall. Gradually, Alexei gets a taste for it; he likes having power over people and commits his first murder. Suddenly, Ivan realizes that he has raised a killer with his own hands.
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The film is set in the 1960s, in a remote provincial town. Ivan is a model worker, a lathe operator at a factory, raising his son Alexei alone. Problems arise in the family: Ivan's beloved wife has a huge debt and faces prison. And Alexei is humiliated by hooligans in front of his beloved girlfriend. His father finds an unusual way out of these situations: he makes a gun himself (so that Leshka can take revenge on the hooligans), then goes with his son to rob a cafe to help Masha cover the shortfall. Gradually, Alexei gets a taste for it; he likes having power over people and commits his first murder. Suddenly, Ivan realizes that he has raised a killer with his own hands.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Mikhail Kolomensky, Sergei Krutin
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Runtime:124 minutes
Studio:Русское Счастье Интертейнмент
Cast
Sergei Krutin
Director
Yuri Stepanov
Ivan Nikolaevich Novozhyonov
Yaroslav Zhalnin
Lyoshka
Polina Kutepova
Masha
Valeriia Khodos
Natasha
Georgiy Drozd
Police Colonel
Sergey Radchenko
Police Captain
Yevhen Shakh
Police Major
Anatolii Zinovenko
Ivan’s Friend
Yevhen Yefremov
Vova Kisly
Sergey Siplivyy
Party Secretary
Артём Мартынишин
Ponya
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