Shantytown Blues
(2004)
★ 6.7 IMDb · 33 votes
Year: 2004
Runtime: 112 мин
Country: Russia
Director: Светлана Стасенко
Cast: Анатолий Гущин, Геннадий Назаров, Андрей Егоров, Пётр Зайченко, Нелли Уварова, Александр Цуркан, Александр Хошабаев, Юлия Сулес
Plot
At the end of the 70s, a boy Mishka, abandoned by his mother and stepfather, lives in a provincial Soviet town. Curious, bold and angry. With his bluntness and fearless naivete, he conquers the local gangster John, and with the help of his patron begins to act in local taverns, finally leaving a dysfunctional family.