90 minutos
With a brother dedicated to punk rock stardom at any cost and a drunken father who chases skirt between robotic dancing lessons from the TV, young Senka stands as much chance of nurture as the hero of Truffaut's 400 Blows. The amazing thing about Ogorodnikov's film is that it was made in Russia. Clearly, plenty of Soviet teenies share the nihilistic feelings of their Western counterparts, and the extensive footage of safety-pin chic at concerts perhaps points to a sound export instinct on the director's part. Senka's brother Kostya is under pressure from Howmuch, a very heavy rocker, to steal a synthesiser from the Community Centre, so to protect him Senka steals it himself. The story occupies little more space than the music, but the performances are splendid enough to lodge Senka's predicament in the heart.
Oleg Yelykomov
Senka Laushkin
Konstantin Kinchev
Kostya Laushkin
Yuriy Tsapnik
Yuri Laushkin
Svetlana Gaytan
Sveta Ivanovna
Polina Petrenko
Angelina
Oleg Garkusha
Oleg
Nikolay Dik
musician
Leonid Fedorov
Andrei Panov
neighbour of Khokhmach
Pyotr Semak
Khokhmach
Oleg Kovalov
Svetlana Bulynenkova
Tatyana Sharkova
Evert Sooster
Sergey Rogozhin
Aleksandr Aksyonov
Vadim Mikheyenko
Aleksandr Milyutin
Alexei Rakhov
Vladimir Presnyakov Jr.
breakdancer from tv
