Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
USSR / 1986 / 88´
Ivan, a cheeky young man, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he’s not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
Screenplay: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Karen Shakhnazarov
Cinematographer: Nikolay Nemolyaev
Art Director: Konstantin Forostenko
Music: Eduard Artemev
Editing: Lidia Milioti
Cast: Fyodor Dunayevsky, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva, Oleg Basilashvili, Inna Churikova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Vladimir Menshov