A Friend of The Deceased

– Tolla is an unemployed translator whose wife is leaving him. Despondent and weak, he submits to the ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
1997
Original Name:
Priyatel Pokoynika
A Friend of the Deceased (1997) - Also known as Priyatel Pokoynika

Tolla is an unemployed translator whose wife is leaving him. Despondent and weak, he submits to the suggestion of an acquantance to have a contract placed on the man that his wife is seeing. Instead, however, he arranges for the hit to be placed on himself. Before the contract is executed, he develops a relationship with a prostitute, and then changes his mind. In order to survive he takes the obvious course of action, which turns out to have possibly been unnecessary, and then he must deal with the guilt.

A Friend of the Deceased (1997) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 May 1998

Language:

Russian

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Leonid Boyko, Vyacheslav Krishtofovich

Writer:

Andrei Kurkov (novel)

Main Actors:

Aleksandr Lazarev, Anzhelika Nevolina, Elena Korikova, Tetyana Kryvytska Stang Lund

Plot:

Tolla is an unemployed translator whose wife is leaving him. Despondent and weak, he submits to the suggestion of an acquantance to have a contract placed on the man that his wife is seeing. Instead, however, he arranges for the hit to be placed on himself. Before the contract is executed, he develops a relationship with a prostitute, and then changes his mind. In order to survive he takes the obvious course of action, which turns out to have possibly been unnecessary, and then he must deal with the guilt.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%