Garazh

Mar 10 1980 N/A 1h 41m
Comedy, Drama

An automotive highway is scheduled to be built through the territory of a garage cooperative. A special meeting of the cooperative takes place to reduce the number of garages. As all was already decided and arranged by the chairholder and the board, the decision passes easily at the meeting. But one unexpected event happens - the meeting room's entrance has been locked by an anonymous member and the key is missing...

Plot

The members of a Soviet cooperative have pooled their money to have a badly needed parking garage built. But it turns out that the garage will have four fewer spaces than planned. In brutal Soviet style, the four least-well connected members are evicted from the cooperative in a mock vote, losing their entire investment. But one member, Malayeva, does the unthinkable. As if taking on the entire corrupt Soviet system, she quixotically locks down the meeting room and throws away the key. Chaos reigns through the night until the privileged are forced to negotiate for the first time in their lives. A madcap, rollicking, biting satire that Brezhnev banned.

Written by

Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov

Directed by

Eldar Ryazanov

Cast

Alla Budnitskaya, Eldar Ryazanov, Lyudmila Tsvetkova

Crew

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Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Languages

Awards

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Scores
# of Votes
4,560
Average Rating
8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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