Afonya
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Georgiy Daneliya
Leonid Kuravlyov
Yevgeni Leonov
Eugeniya Simonova
Borislav Brondukov
Valentina Talyzina
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In the former Soviet Union, all apartment blocks were owned by the State. Because they were poorly built and poorly maintained, service and repair people held tremendous power, and used it. One plumber might serve a whole street of apartment buildings, and could demand whatever he wanted in order to perform even the most routine repairs. Afonya is a typical drunken, bullying plumber, extorting extra money and drink from his victims. He pals around with his buddy Kolya spending most of his "working" day in bars, drinking beer and eating crawfish and salted fish. Despite constant reprimands from the workers' committee, nothing puts a dent in his behavior until he falls in love with a lovely young nurse named Katya who insists that he treat people better. His buddy Kolya wants him to continue doing things the old way.
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Georgiy Daneliya
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Released in United States March 1976
Released in United States March 1976 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Contemporary Cinema) March 18-31, 1976.)
