The Offshore Reserves (2004) [N/A]
Featuring:
Dmitriy Troitskiy, Maggie Macmillan, Gleb Aleynikov
Written by:
Jamie Bradshaw
Aleksandr Dulerayn
Directed by:
Jamie Bradshaw, Aleksandr Dulerayn
Release Date:
September 10, 2004
Original Title:
Офшорные резервы
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Classica Film
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
RU: 16+
Runtime: 15
The head of the American humanitarian organization has a serious problem. She is "narcotic" dependent on American dollars. The psychoanalyst advises her to leave the States. Hannah arrives in Moscow. And he heads the humanitarian fund. Her foundation imports chicken legs to Russia. When checking another large batch of chicken legs, Hannah discovers that the chicken legs are infected with a dangerous virus. Her Russian counterpart offers her $ 1,000,000 in cash so she can give permission to import chicken legs to Russia. Hannah physiologically cannot refuse such an amount. But she cannot live on, becoming a bribe taker. And then a mental transformation takes place with her...
Hannah Marker, Deputy Director of the American humanitarian aid organization, U.S.AID, has a serious problem. She is addicted to the sight of money. Her doctor tells her the problem stems from her confusion of concrete and real money. Whenever she sees an American dollar she envisions the true ideal of money, absolute happiness, and is thus transfixed. Afflicted. Because her problem «illness» is triggered only by the sight of her own currency, Hannah's doctor advises her to leave America in order to get well.Hannah travels to Moscow, Russia to distribute a package of food aid to the Russians: $100,000,000 in chicken legs. Hannah is happy in Moscow; Rubles have no affect on her. But while performing a series of tests on the chicken legs she accidentally discovers they are infected with a virus. Misha Galkin, her Russian liaison from the Ministry of Food And Agriculture, offers her a bribe to let shipment pass through customs. He opens a briefcase full of $1,000,000 in cash. Seeing the money, Hannah is paralyzed. She cannot refuse the money. But the thought of going on living haven take a bribe is also too much to bear. Hannah´s mind undergoes a psychological transformation. She becomes a different person. And then our story takes an unexpected turn...
