Professor V Zakone (2007) [N/A]

Featuring:
Anastasia Basha, Andrey Fedortsov, Aleksandr Lykov

Directed by:
Aleksey Lisovets


Release Date:
January 1, 2007

Original Title:
Профессор в законе

Genres:
Comedy | Romance

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 115

Одинокий профессор филологии, пенсионер Андрей Павлович, типичный рафинированный интеллигент, приводит к себе гости случайную попутчицу Катю. С этого момента его жизнь кардинально меняется. Катя оказывается стареющей путаной, вслед за ней в дом профессора нескончаемой вереницей тянутся странные люди из воровского мира. Скромный пенсионер превращается в члена криминального сообщества и хозяина двух "ночных бабочек" — Марго и Белоснежки. Далее сюжет развивается по законам черной комедии: новые случайные жертвы, возня с покойниками, ремонт в доме. На фоне криминальных событий меняется сам пенсионер.

Until now, Andrey Pavlovich, a professor of philology and a dull academic, has led an uneventful and monotonous life until late one night he offers a lift to a young woman in his car. The woman's name is Katya, and naively Nikolai does not realise she is a prostitute, until a sinister character called Tayson turns up in pursuit of her. Tayson is Katya's pimp, and he threatens to kill Nikolai. A fight breaks out, and Tayson is accidentally killed. Tayson's 'colleague', Dede, who has been waiting outside, hears the scuffle and rushes into the house. To protect Andrey from Dede, Katya passes him off as a criminal mafia boss from Colombia. Dede takes this all in good faith, and the modest professor suddenly finds himself not only a mafia boss and owner of a brothel, but caught up in the criminal underworld and a gangland war between feuding racketeers in the sex industry. Andrey's innate resourcefulness helps him come to terms with his new role in life and also to find true love, albeit in a new environment.

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Rankings and Honors

Professor V Zakone (2007) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.5/10

Cinematography:
Vyacheslav Lazarev

Director:
Aleksey Lisovets

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