Afonya
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| Directed by | Georgiy Daneliya |
| Produced by | Mosfilm |
| Written by | Alexander Borodyanski |
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Leonid Kuravlyov Yevgeny Leonov Yevgeniya Simonova |
| Music by | Mieczysław Weinberg |
| Cinematography | Sergei Vronsky |
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92 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Afonya (Russian: Афоня) is a Soviet comedy film produced by Mosfilm and first released in 1975. The film became the Soviet box office leader of 1975 with a total of 62.2 million ticket sales. The film was shot on location in Yaroslavl.
Unlucky plumber – Afanasy Borshchov (Afonya) (Leonid Kuravlev) and his friend Fedulov (Borislav Brondukov) spend all day and night avoiding work and finding opportunities to drink. Afonya takes "kickbacks" from clients and is often in trouble with the local committee for his behaviour. Afonya also often uses foreign or old-fashioned names to introduce himself to strangers to seem more interesting.
Afonya meets plasterer Kolya (Yevgeny Leonov) in a pub, gets drunk and comes home. When his girlfriend sees the state he's in, she leaves him. The next morning he can't even remember yesterday's drinking companion.
Things continue to go downhill for Afonya. When student interns from the vocational school are allocated to the plumbers, master ZHEK Vostryakovo (Valentina Talyzina) doesn't allocate any to him, fearing that he will not teach them well. Afonya begs for trainees and gets two. Having worked with him for one day and having seen his attitude and working methods, the trainees refuse to work with him anymore. When Afonya returns home, Kolya arrives to live at his place for a while, having been thrown out of his house by his wife.
At a dance Afonya meets young nurse Katya Snegireva (Yevgeniya Simonova), who knows about him through her brother, who used to play in Afonya's volleyball team. Afonya doesn't pay her much attention, because he's more interested in older women and already has his eye on one at the dance. However, a romantic walk with the older woman after the dance is over before it begins – Afonya is challenged to a fight by a hooligan, who he'd quarreled with at the dance. The hooligan's friends join in, and finish the unequal fight. Katya worries for Afonya's safety, and calls the police- which will only bring Afonya to the committee's attention again.
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