Mimino (1977)

Original title

Мимино

Directed by

Georgiy Daneliya

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 125 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Georgian pilot dreams of flying big international planes but gets tangled up in small adventures and misunderstandings in Moscow. He forms an unlikely friendship with a truck driver, and together they navigate the quirks of Soviet life.

lightheartedwarmwhimsicalbittersweetgentlecharmingnostalgicunderstated

What happens

Mimino (Russian: Мимино, Georgian: მიმინო, Armenian: Միմինո) is a 1977 comedy-drama film by Soviet director Georgiy Daneliya produced by Mosfilm and Gruziya-film, starring Vakhtang Kikabidze and Frunzik Mkrtchyan. Anatoliy Petritskiy served as the film's Director of Photography. The Soviet era comedy won the 1977 Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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