Reviews

The movie is based on the novel "Olesya" (1898) by the Russian writer Aleksandr Kuprin and the story originally takes place in Southern Russia. Also, the leading role is played by the French actress of the Russian origin, Marina Vladimirovna (hence Marina Vladi as her screen name) Polyakova-Baidarova. Obviously, Russian literature could be a good source of dramatic material for the movie-making industry. And paradoxically, it is probably the most valuable resource (more valuable than oil or even gold) that could be obtained for free. It is free of copyright restrictions (for the most part) and is easy to find on the Internet.

The most interesting thing about this movie is that there is no real or fictional story behind it, the movie makers were allowed to speak for themselves about what THEY think the public would perceive as funny. Some even have written their own lines as I understand. And they have spoken. I have no other explanation for the stuff they came up with but to suggest that they must be in a state of self- delusion about what the rest of the world thinks of comedy, fun, or even about good and bad for that matter and that it's THEM who find this interesting and worth watching. But at least one funny thing came out of this failure, in my view - AnAPPropriate middle name for Mr. Brody, Adrien "Go-ahead-make-me-gay" Brody