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A Friend of the Deceased

R 1997 1h 45m Comedy Drama List
67% Tomatometer 12 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Unable to adapt to a post-Communist Ukraine after losing his job and learning that his wife is leaving him for another man, Anatoli (Alexandre Lazarev) decides to commit suicide by hiring a hit man to kill him. But, when he falls for young prostitute Vika (Tatiana Krivitskaia) on the night he's supposed to die, he suddenly has second thoughts and tries to cancel the assassination, eventually hiring a second hit man to kill the first one before he tracks down Anatoli.

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Globe and Mail Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 24, 2002 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 4.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: A- Jan 1, 1800 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Aug 26, 2005 Full Review Leonard Schwarz Palo Alto Weekly Rated: 2.5/4 May 20, 2003 Full Review Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews A promising plot but little more. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Didn't think I had seen it and ended up going through it twice...with a decade gap in viewing I think but it is worth it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member an enjoyable drama from Ukraine. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Unable to adapt to a post-Communist Ukraine after losing his job and learning that his wife is leaving him for another man, Anatoli (Alexandre Lazarev) decides to commit suicide by hiring a hit man to kill him. But, when he falls for young prostitute Vika (Tatiana Krivitskaia) on the night he's supposed to die, he suddenly has second thoughts and tries to cancel the assassination, eventually hiring a second hit man to kill the first one before he tracks down Anatoli.
Director
Leonid Boyko, Vyacheslav Krishtofovich
Producer
Jacky Ouaknine, Pierre Rival
Screenwriter
Andrey Kurkov
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Russian
Box Office (Gross USA)
$211.3K
Runtime
1h 45m