Election Day (russian: День выборов, Den vyborov) is a 2007 Russian comedy film directed by
Oleg Fomin
Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an Slavic peoples, East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' (Helge (name), Helge), meaning ...
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Synopsis
The staff of a successful Moscow radio station are sent into the Volga region to assist in the promotion of a candidate for the local governor elections. They are assisted by the local theatre director, a fake priest, and their boss' connections.
Cast
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Kvartet I:
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Kamil Larin as Kamil
** as Slava
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Aleksandr Demidov
Aleksandr Demidov (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Деми́дов) is a Russian actor, screenwriter, camera operator and film producer. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.
Selected filmography
References
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as Sasha
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Leonid Barats
Leonid Barats (russian: link=no, Леонид Григорьевич Барац) is a Russian actor, screenwriter and film producer. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.
Selected filmography
References
External links
Leonid Baratson ...
as Alex
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Yevgeny Steblov as Director
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Mikhail Yefremov as Father Innokenty
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Nonna Grishayeva
Nonna Valentinovna Grishayeva (russian: Но́нна Валенти́новна Гриша́ева; born 21 July 1971) is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater, film and television, master parody, TV presenter and singer. She's associated with ...
as Nonna
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Vasily Utkin
Vasily Vyacheslavovich Utkin (russian: Василий Вячеславович Уткин; born in 1972) is a Russian sports reporter, author, former host of the television show '' The Football Club'', TV and radio presenter, entertainer, actor ...
as Igor Vladimirovich Tsaplin, candidate for Governor
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Andrey Makarevich
Andrey Vadimovich Makarevich PAR (russian: link=no, Андре́й Вади́мович Макаре́вич; born 11 December 1953 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian rock musician and the founder of Russia's oldest ...
as cameo
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Sergey Shnurov
Sergey Vladimirovich Shnurov (russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Шну́ров; born 13 April 1973) is a Russian musician and songwriter, best known as ''Shnur'' (lit. cord), of the ska-punk band Leningrad which he formed in ...
as cameo
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Marianna Maksimovskaya
Marianna Maksimovskaya (born 7 April 1970) is a Russian journalist and television presenter. She presented the programme "The Week" which was reported as the last independent TV news source in Russia when it was stopped in 2014.
Life
Maksimovskay ...
as cameo
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Bi-2
Bi-2 (russian: Би-2 ''Bi-dva'') is a Belarusian alternative rock band, formed in the 1980s in Bobruisk, Belarus. It was one of the most successful with many sales and chart-hits in Russia. Bi-2 was awarded MTV Russian Music Awards for Best Ro ...
as cameo
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Uma2rman
Uma2rman (previously ''Umaturman'', ''Uma2rmaH'') is a Russian pop rock band made up of two brothers, Sergei and Vladimir Kristovsky. They have been active since 2003, releasing their first album "V Gorode N" in 2004. Additional musicians have be ...
as cameo
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Valery Barinov
Valery Alexandrovich Barinov (russian: Вале́рий Алекса́ндрович Ба́ринов; born in 1945) is a Russian actor.
He was the People's Artist of Russia in 1999. Valery appeared in more than 200 films.
Biography
Valery was ...
as Ivan Burdun
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Alexander Gurevich as candidate Alinkin
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Georgy Martirosyan as singer
Reception
Box office
''Election Day'' has grossed US$6 149 746.
[Election Day]
at the KinoPoisk
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Critical response
Film.ru
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reviewer
Valery Kichin
Valery Sergeyevich Kichin (russian: Валерий Сергеевич Кичин; born 12 October 1992) is a Kyrgyz-Russian professional footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for Russian club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.
Career Club
On 2 ...
called Oleg Fomin's film a really funny and really relevant comedy.
[Рецензия на фильм «День выборов»]
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As noted by political consultant Igor Mintusov
Igor Yevgenievich Mintusov (russian: Игорь Евгеньевич Минтусов; born 17 August 1958) is a Russian political consultant, public relations manager and professional manager of election campaigns. Mintusov is Chairman of the ...
, it was filmed very talentedly and very well, there are many moments well captured in form. Although the reality is quite adequately shown there, there are few strategic ideas to be seen there.[«Выбери меня, выбери меня»: Любимые фильмы политтехнологов]
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Sequel
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References
External links
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2007 comedy films
2007 films
Russian comedy films
2000s Russian-language films
Russian political satire films
Films about elections
Russian road movies
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