The Suit (

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: Шик) is a 2003 film by

Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov (Russian/ tg, Бахтиёр Худойназаров, fa, بختیار خدای‌نظرف) (May 29, 1965 – April 21, 2015) was a film director, producer and screenwriter from Tajikistan. His most internationally famou ...

with collaboration from

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and

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. The film script is written by Oleg Antonov and is a free adaption of

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's 1958 short story ''The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit''.

Plot summary

Three youngster living in a small coastal town at the

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spend their time roving about. Some day they discover a black pinstriped

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suit in the window of a fashion shop in the big city, where they have to go by ferry. They plan to obtain this specific suit in order to appear as successful and confident adults once they wear it. After a couple of efforts, they manage to acquire the suit and agree to take turns wearing it. Shtyr puts the suit on to upgrade his image. Wearing the suit, he easily creeps into the champagne reception of a luxury cruise ship, and later he tries to have a talk with his father, who left the family long ago and works as a sophisticated tailor in town. Geka wears the suit hoping to gain respect from his step mother Asya, who apparently is cheating his father by dating other guys. On the one hand he detests Asya for her more or less obvious sluttishness, on the other hand he appears to be attracted by her. Mute uses the suit to impress Dina, a beautiful jewish fishmonger he became fond of, but is only used by her in order to get rid of a bothersome man named Artur. The efforts of all three juveniles wearing the suit end in tragedy.

Filming location

''The Suit'' was shot in the

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in the cities of

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and Jalta and the surrounding areas. The opening scene takes place in the cave fortress of

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Cast

Ivan Kokorin Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

as Mute *

Aleksandr Yatsenko Aleksandr Viktorovich Yatsenko (russian: Алекса́ндр Ви́кторович Яце́нко; born 22 May 1977) is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2003. Selected filmography References External links * ...

as Shtyr *

Artur Smolyaninov Artur Sergeevich Smolyaninov (russian: Арту́р Серге́евич Смольяни́нов, born 27 October 1983) is a Russian actor of theater, He is known for playing the role of Oleg Lutaev in ''The 9th Company''. Biography Artur Serge ...

as Geka *

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (russian: Ингеборга Дапкунайте; born 20 January 1963) is а Lithuanian theatre and cinema actress, who appears mostly in Russian films. She is a winner of the Nika Award in 1994 for Best Actress. Early ...

as Asya * Ruslana Rukhadze as Dina * Andrei Panin as Platon (Shtyr's father) * Elena Drobysheva as Shtyr's mother *

Nikolai Fomenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Fomenko (russian: Николай Владимирович Фоменко, born 30 April 1962) is a Russian musician, comic actor, professional motor racer, former president of Marussia Motors and former engineering direct ...

as Botya *

Inna Sukharev Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu (born 16 October 1986), known professionally as Inna (stylized in all caps), is a Romanian singer. Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, she studied political science at Ovidius University before meeting the Roma ...

as Mona Lisa (Botya's playmate) *

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as Edik

Release

The premiere of '' Shik '' was on February 9, 2003 at the

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. In Russia, the film was first shown on 23 July 2003 at the

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...

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Awards

*2002 Sochi Grand Prize (Best Russian Film)
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' *2003 Tokyo Special Jury Prize: Best Artistic Contribution

References

External links

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Russian Cinema
{{DEFAULTSORT:Suit 2003 Film 2003 films 2000s Russian-language films Russian comedy-drama films Films shot in Crimea Films directed by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov