''Simple Things'' (russian: Простые вещи,

translit. Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...

''Prosty'e veshchi'') is a 2007 Russian

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film. Written and directed by

Alexei Popogrebski Alexei Petrovich Popogrebski (russian: Алексе́й Петро́вич Попогре́бский; born 7 August 1972) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His 2010 film ''How I Ended This Summer'' was nominated for the Golden Bear a ...

, the film stars

Sergei Puskepalis Sergei Vytautovich Puskepalis ( rus, Сергей Витаутович Пускепалис; 15 April 1966 – 20 September 2022) was a Russian actor and theatre director. He is best known for his roles in the award-winning movies '' Simple Thing ...

and

Leonid Bronevoy Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy (russian: Леони́д Серге́евич Бронево́й; December 17, 1928 – December 9, 2017) was a Soviet and Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasiona ...

. The film was nominated for the

Golden Eagle Award for Best Motion Picture The Golden Eagle Award for Best Motion Picture (russian: Золотой Орёл за лучший игровой фильм) is one of twenty award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russ ...

and won Best Screenplay. Popogrebski and Bronevoy were also nominated for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. Bronevoy also won a

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established i ...

for Best Supporting Actor.

Plot

A dying actor (Bronevoy) asks a doctor (Puskepalis) to help him

commit suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome), and subs ...

in exchange for a painting masterpiece.

Cast

as Sergei Maslov *

as Zhuravlyov * Svetlana Kamynina as Katya * Dinara Kutuyevam as Lena * Ivan Osipov as Pyotr * Malkhaz Zhvaniya as Georgy

References

External links

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''Simple Things'' (''Простые вещи'')
at russiancinema.ru {{in lang, ru 2007 films 2007 comedy-drama films Russian comedy-drama films Assisted suicide