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Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev (Armenian: Յաշան և Լեոնիդ Բրեժնևը) is a 2024 absurdist tragicomedy film written and directed by Edgar Baghdasaryan. Starring Mais Sarkisyan as a retired Armenian reluctant to accept the dissolution of the Soviet Union imagines conversations with former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and other communist leaders.
It was selected as the Armenian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
Synopsis
Yasha is an old, retired man who remembers one of the highlights of his career: participating as a delegate of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1976. However, his future seems repellent when he faces the reality where the USSR dissolved then he tries to hold on to the past. As part of his ineptitude for the new he imagines political conversations with former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and other prominent communist figures. At the same time, Yasha swears loyalty to him which creates problems for his family.
Cast
Mais Sarkisyan as Yasha
Maksim Vitorgan as Leonid Brezhnev
Lilit Salnazaryan as Valya
Avital Lvova as Elena Ceausescu
Georgy Engelgard as Fidel Castro
Ruzanna Khachatryan
Arsen Chachoyan
Nazir Zhukov
Samad Mansurov
Irina Abrosimova
Zita Badalyan
Release
It had its world premiere on July 10, 2024, at the 21st Yerevan Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, then screened on August 17, 2024, at the Armenian Film Festival Australia, and on September 6, 2024, at the Armenian Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Accolades
See also
List of submissions to the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
List of Armenian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
External links
Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev
- List of submissions to the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Armenian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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