Naughty Grandma

Naughty Grandma
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMaryus Vaysberg
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBruce Allan Green
Music byBryan Carr
Production
company
Vice Films
Release date
  • August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Box office$5,856,287[1]

Naughty Grandma (Russian: Бабушка лёгкого поведения, romanized: Babushka lyogkogo povedeniya) is a 2017 Russian comedy film directed by Maryus Vaysberg. It stars Aleksandr Revva and Glukoza. The film was the only domestic picture to be successful at the Russian box-office in the summer of 2017.[2]

Aleksandr Revva at the Kinotavr in 2017

Plot

Aleksandr Rubenstein (Sanya), nicknamed the Transformer, has the talent of impersonating various people. He uses this skill for criminal purposes. After another successful case, Sanya is forced to hide from his pursuers in his uncle's nursing home, posing as a grandmother. There he meets a girl, Lyuba, and falls in love, but a grandfather from the nursing home unexpectedly falls in love with him.

Cast

  • Aleksandr Revva - Aleksandr Rubenstein (Sanya) / Aleksandra Pavlovna Fishman
  • Glukoza - Lyuba
  • Evgeniy Gerchakov - Uncle
  • Vladimir Tolokonnikov - Bessonov
  • Marina Fedunkiv - Nurse Tonya
  • Natalia Bardo - Accomplice Aleksandra Viktoria
  • Yelena Valyushkina - Head
  • Yola Sanko - Amnesiac
  • Svetlana Sukhanova - Masha
  • Lyubov Revva - Aunt Raya
  • Daniil Fyodorov - Artist
  • Aleksandr Lyrchikov - Lavryonov
  • Elena Rubina - Pelageya
  • Gamlet Petrosyan - Gamlet
  • Gennadiy Makoyev - Colonel Kulagin
  • Nina Slavnova - Pelageya
  • Nikolai Ivanov - Oligarchs assistant
  • Philipp Kirkorov - Himself (cameo)

Production

The idea of the film belongs to Aleksandr Revva.[3] About twenty stuntmen were involved in the making of the film.[3] The makeup for Aleksandr Revva's grandmother character took 4 hours daily to apply.[3]

Reception

The film received generally negative reviews in Russian media.[4]

References

  1. ^ "БАБУШКА ЛЕГКОГО ПОВЕДЕНИЯ". Kinobusiness.
  2. ^ "Российское кино летом: провалилось все, кроме "Бабушки легкого поведения"" (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  3. ^ a b c "Бабушка легкого поведения (2017)" (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  4. ^ "Бабушка лёгкого поведения". Kritikanstvo.