Underplayed Gems

Mimino (1977)

Mimino poster
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
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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.

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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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