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Release Date:
July 10, 2024
Original Title:
Յաշան ու Լեոնիդ Բրեժնևը
Alternate Titles:
Yasha & Leonid Brezhnev
Yasha i Leonid Brezhnev
Yashan yev Leonid Brezhnevy
Яша и Леонид Брежнев
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Edgar Baghdasaryan Film Production
Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia
National Cinema Centre of Armenia
Silvi Movies
Production Countries:
Armenia | Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 100
Yasha recently retired after serving many years at a factory, with a highlight of his career being a delegate of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1976. Yet his future is left unknown when he emerges in new realities that he finds difficult to accept. The world has changed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, yet he tries to hold on to what once was. Thus enters former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Appearing like Yasha’s alter ego, he guides Yasha, giving amusing commentary and voicing what Yasha should say or do. Brezhnev’s presence gives way for more historical leaders that Yasha idolises to arrive. Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Josip Broz Tito and Erich Honecker, and even the African dictator Jean Bedel-Bokassa all make an appearance! When Yasha takes an oath of loyalty to them, this creates trouble for his family.
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Colorist:
Jonas Zagorskas
Director:
Edgar Baghdasaryan
Director of Photography:
Suren Tadevosyan
Editor:
Narek Khachaturyan
Alexandr Baghdasaryan
Line Producer:
Lilit Petrosyan
Aksenova Valeria
Original Music Composer:
Andranik Berberyan
Producer:
Karine Simonyan
Production Design:
Artem Bagdasaryan
Tigran Araqelyan
Screenplay:
Edgar Baghdasaryan
Sound Designer:
Tigran Kuzikyan
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tigran Kuzikyan
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