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Deja Vu (1989)

Deja Vu poster
Original title
Deja vu
Directed by
Juliusz Machulski
Genre
crime comedy film, gangster film
Country
Soviet Union, Poland
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1920s Odessa, a small-time crook gets caught up in a series of silly mishaps involving a gangster boss and a case of mistaken identity. The movie parodies classic gangster stories with a comedic twist.

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What happens

Déjà Vu is a 1990 Soviet-Polish comedy thriller that takes place in Soviet Odesa in 1925 and spoofs a variety of gangster films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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