Naughty Grandma (russian: Бабушка лёгкого поведения, Babushka lyogkogo povedeniya) is a 2017 Russian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Maryus Vaysberg Maryus Erikovich Vaysberg (, born 1 April 1971), also known as Marius Balčiūnas-Weisberg, is a Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter of Lithuanian and Jewish descent. Career His father, Erik Vaysberg, had had his own career in the ...

. It stars

Aleksandr Revva Aleksandr Vladimirovich Revva (russian: Александр Владимирович Ревва; uk, Олександр Володимирович Ревва, Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Revva; born 10 September 1974), better known by his stage name ...

and

Glukoza Natalya Ilinichna Ionova (russian: link=no, Наталья Ильинична Ионова; born 7 June 1986), better known by her stage name Glukoza ( rus, Глюкоза, p=ɡlʲʊˈkozə, ''glucose''), is a Russian singer. Biography Ionova ...

. The film was the only domestic picture to be successful at the Russian box-office in the summer of 2017.

Plot

Aleksandr Rubenstein (Sanya), nicknamed the Transformer, has the talent of impersonating various people. He uses this skill for criminal purposes. After another successful case, Sanya is forced to hide from his pursuers in his uncle's nursing home, posing as a grandmother. There he meets a girl, Lyuba, and falls in love, but a grandfather from the nursing home unexpectedly falls in love with him.

Cast

- Aleksandr Rubenstein (Sanya) / Aleksandra Pavlovna Fishman *

- Lyuba *Evgeniy Gerchakov - Uncle *

Vladimir Tolokonnikov Vladimir Alexeyevich Tolokonnikov (russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Толоко́нников; June 25, 1943 – July 15, 2017) was a Soviet, Russian and Kazakh film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR. He was awa ...

- Bessonov *Marina Fedunkiv - Nurse Tonya * Natalia Bardo - Accomplice Aleksandra Viktoria *

Yelena Valyushkina Yelena Viktorovna Valyushkina (also '' tr.'' Elena; ; born on 8 December 1962) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actress. Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (1995). Biography Born into a military family. After her family return ...

- Head *Yola Sanko - Amnesiac *Svetlana Sukhanova - Masha *Lyubov Revva - Aunt Raya *Daniil Fyodorov - Artist *Aleksandr Lyrchikov - Lavryonov *Elena Rubina - Pelageya *Gamlet Petrosyan - Gamlet *Gennadiy Makoyev - Colonel Kulagin *Nina Slavnova - Pelageya *Nikolai Ivanov - Oligarchs assistant *

Philipp Kirkorov Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov PAR (russian: Филипп Бедросович Киркоров; bg, Филип Бедросов Киркоров, Filip Bedrosov Kirkorov; born 30 April 1967) is a Bulgarian-born Russian pop singer. He is a five ...

- Himself (cameo)

Production

The idea of the film belongs to Aleksandr Revva. About twenty stuntmen were involved in the making of the film. The makeup for Aleksandr Revva's grandmother character took 4 hours daily to apply.

Reception

The film received generally negative reviews in Russian media.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt6823698 Films directed by Maryus Vaysberg 2017 films 2010s Russian-language films 2017 black comedy films Cross-dressing in film Russian black comedy films