The hero of the film has not only the talent to reveal secrets. He himself is a big mystery. Leonid Parshin is the son of a Russian intelligence officer, an illegal immigrant from the age of two. In the 80s, his investigation of Bulgakov's riddles aroused particular interest among the KGB. And then surveillance, an attempt to escape from the Soviet Union, to swim across the Gulf of Finland, in the 86th there was an arrest and a prison. In 2001, his report "Computer study of the psychology of M. Bulgakov and his literary heroes" was a success at an international symposium in Bucharest. In the course of the film, Parshin talks about his unusual adventures, and sometimes severe misadventures in the 70s and 80s of the twentieth century.
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Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
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