Heat (2006 film)

Heat
Russian release poster
Directed by	Rezo Gigineishvili ()
Produced by	Fyodor Bondarchuk Alexander Rodnyansky Dmitry Rudovsky
Written by	Rezo Gigineishvili
Starring	Aleksey Chadov Artur Smolyaninov Konstantin Kryukov Timur Yunusov Agnia Ditkovskite Olga Bolbukh Mikhail Porechenkov
Music by	Dato Evgenidze ()
Cinematography	Maksim Osadchy ()
Edited by	Igor Litoninsky
Distributed by	Art Pictures Studio Channel STS
Release date	December 28, 2006
Running time	95 min.
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	US$5,550,000
Box office	US$15,710,000 (Russia)

ЖАRА: Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released	February, 2007
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	62:27
Label	CD Land

Heat (Russian: Жара, stylized as "ЖАRА") is a 2006 Russian teen romantic comedy loosely based on the Walking the Streets of Moscow, directed by Rezo Gigineishvili () and produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk. Heat along with Wolfhound became one of the most expensive Russian films in 2006. Additionally, its budget was three times less as compared to the advertising campaign.

After three years a conscript sailor, Aleksey (Aleksey Chadov), comes back from the Black Sea Fleet to Moscow for a meeting with his waiting girlfriend, Masha (Maria Kurkova ()), and old classmates. Unfortunately, he finds out that his girlfriend is already married and has a child, then decides to spend the remaining time in a restaurant with his friends—an oligarch's son, Konstantin (Konstantin Kryukov), a beginner actor, Artur (Artur Smolyaninov), and a hip-hop artist, Timati. When their lunch is coming to the end, it appears that no one has money to pay the bill, except Konstantin's dollars which do not accept for payment. The rapper is decided to exchange currency at the nearest money changer, that will cause troubles.

As the former changer belongs to the Armenian (Tigran Keosayan), Timati sets out in search of another, but runs against a nazi skinhead gang. Saving his own life, the hero hides in the Konstantin's flat, where an Ostap Bender-like swindler, Dani (Deni Dadaev ()), in waiting him. Meanwhile, his friends cannot wait anymore, so Artur is sent off. But before he could change the money, he is allured by the film director (Fyodor Bondarchuk) and prepares for shooting, but misses the actor-bus and leaves with gastarbeiters to demolish the Rossiya Hotel. Eventually, Konstantin hands over his last dollars to Aleksey, but he also failed after falling in love with a young traffic victim, Nastya (Agnija Ditkovskytė ()). After all that, despaired Konstantin makes a fuss in the restaurant, as a result he gets jailed by the police. Luckily for him, the mates could not abandon their friend and rescue him from captivity.