Afonya
Afonya is a Soviet romantic comedy-drama 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.
Plot
Plumber – Afanasy "Afonya" Borshchov (Leonid Kuravlev) and his friend Fedulov (Borislav Brondukov) spend all day and night avoiding work and finding opportunities to drink. Afanasy takes "kickbacks" from clients and is often in trouble with the local committee for his behaviour. Afanasy also often uses foreign or old-fashioned names to introduce himself to strangers to seem more interesting.
More details
| author | Alexander Borodyansky |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Moscow |
| director | Georgiy Daneliya |
| events | alcoholism |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | airport an-2 borislav brondukov bribery client coming home customer drink engineer fight gotlib roninson kickback leonid kuravlev live at love at first sight meet morning nothing plumber post office raisa kurkina read up next village people wait |
| musicBy | Mieczysław Weinberg |
| productionCompany | Mosfilm |
| theme | romantic comedy |