Shirli-Myrli (1995)

Original title

Ширли-мырли

Directed by

Vladimir Menshov

Genre

comedy film, satirical film

Country

Russia

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

12+

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A con man steals a giant diamond and gets chased. The film mocks ethnic prejudice in 1990s Russia with identical twins who look down on each other.

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What happens

Shirli-myrli (Russian: Ширли-мырли, also released as What a Mess!) is a 1995 farce comedy film of the early post-soviet era directed by Vladimir Menshov. Centered around a pursued con man, who steal a huge diamond. The movie, among other things, satirizes chauvinism, antisemitism and other ethnic tensions in 1990s Russia. Valery Garkalin plays multiple roles as identical twins who were raised believing they belonged to different cultures and races, looking down at one another's. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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