Zhivyot takoy paren'
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| Directed by | Vasily Shukshin |
| Written by | Vasily Shukshin |
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Leonid Kuravlyov Lidiya Chaschina Larisa Burkova Renita Grigoryeva Nina Sazonova |
| Music by | Pavel Chekalov |
| Cinematography | Valeri Ginzburg |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
There Is Such a Lad (Russian: Живёт такой парень, translit. Zhivyot takoy paren) is a 1964 Soviet comedy film, directed by Vasily Shukshin. The movie is based on Vasily Shukshin's collection of short stories.
The movie tells the story of an Altai truck driver Pashka Kolokolnikov (played by Leonid Kuravlyov) - a kind, funny, and outgoing person, who loves life. He is a simpleton with a variety of gross provincial expressions and remarks, who likes to make fun of people and play practical jokes. But it turns out that he can also be a hero, when he prevents the explosion of a gasoline truck by risking his life.
The film won the Lion of Saint Marco prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1964 for Best Children's Film and received an award at the All-Union Film Festival (Leningrad, 1964) for Best Comedy Film ("For the cheerfulness, lyricism and originality").
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