window to paris
window to paris trailer 1995 director: yuri mamin starring: agnes soral, serguei dontsov, victor mikhailov, ,, official content from sony pictures home entertainment classic russian black humor. a young musician discovers a magic window that transports him from his dreary moscow apartment to the streets of paris. russian with english subtitles. movie, window to paris movie, window to paris trailer, window to paris 1995, yuri mamin, agnes soral, serguei dontsov, victor mikhailov, , ,
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noisy, quirky, earnest, melodramatic, political, anarchistic, cute! a couple of likeable slobs in post - perestroikan st. petersburg discover that one window of their run - down communal housing project leads directly to paris - artsy, wealthy, capitalist paris .
in this comedy - fantasy a group of russian eccentrics discover that they can go to paris from their home in st. petersburg by leaping through an apartment window. the first eccentric is nikolay, an oddball teacher. next is his rotund, crude neighbor gorokhov and his family. one night nikolay and gorokhov climb through a hidden window to get on the roof. they get rip - roarin' drunk the destroy the studio apartment of nicole, an artist. it is only in the morning that they realize that they were actually in paris. soon gorokhov' s whole family is going to paris where they loot and bring back western goods into russia. it is nicole' s apartment they go to and she is going crazy by their repeated visits. she turns the tables and climbs through the window to their home. she is appalled by modern st. petersburg with its violence, poverty, and political upheaval. she gets into trouble with the local police but is saved by nikolay who convinces them that she is edith piaf on tour. later nikolay decides to take his students to paris. unfortunately, they don' t want to leave and the window is going to close for the next 20 years. ~ sandra brennan, rovi
( cnn) three of the men who helped thwart a terrorist attack on a train bound for paris will star in clint eastwood' s upcoming film about the incident ,
the 15: 17 to paris ,
warner bros. pictures has announced .
the drawing seen at the start of yuri mamin' s
window to paris
looks like a charming french street scene, but it disintegrates before the viewer' s very eyes. as the picture comes to life, stylized gallic gaiety gives way to russian reality, with drab colors, clumsy buffoonery, a circus atmosphere and a long line for vodka destroying any suggestion of hedonism or style .
yuri mamin' s wacky, knockabout
window to paris ,
a sharp, no - holds - barred satire of the moral and fiscal bankruptcy of present - day russia, risks being merely excruciating in order to be excruciatingly funny. it' s the kind of calamitous, risk - taking comedy that you must lock into right at the start if it' s not going to affect you like chalk scraping across a blackboard .
the movie will follow the lives of the three men leading up to august 2015, when the trio successfully stopped an alleged isis terrorist from launching a gun attack on a high - speed train traveling from amsterdam to paris .
paris is of course everything st. petersburg is not: a consumer paradise where the shelves of the stores are bursting with bounty .
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after a night of revelry, nikolai, gorokhov (victor mihailov) and some other boozy pals discover that there' s a window behind the armoire in nikolai' s room. but the roof it goes onto is not in st. petersburg but in paris. it takes a while, understandably, for these guys to realize they' re not in st. petersburg anymore .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him. riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you. …
window to paris ,
a buffoonish culture - clash comedy with a broadly sentimental streak, relies on similar french - russian disparities as its only sure - fire source of wit, though mr. mamin doesn' t explore his premise cleverly enough to keep the film steadily aloft. alongside the occasional droll comparison of national temperments, there' s also quite a bit of silliness involving a pretty french taxidermist whose studio happens to look out on the magic window. language barrier gags abound, as do scenes juxtaposing boorish, drunken russians with the haughtier, more self - possessed french. the film maker' s ideas about both nations remain unsurprising, since they' re fully apparent from the very start .
nikolai (played by sergei dontsov) has been fired from his job as a music teacher and has to live in the gym until he finds a place to stay. finally, he gets a communal room in the apartment of gorokhov (victor mikhalkov). the room' s previous inhabitant, an old lady, has died a year ago, and yet her cat, maxi, is still in the locked room, healthy and fat. soon, nikolai and his neighbours discover the mystery: there is a window to paris in the room. that' s when the comedy begins - will the russians be able to cope with the temptation to profit from the discovery ?
this song is the first introduction to amélie’s adult life. once years pass, amélie has become bored with her quiet and dull life. she decides to leave home and take a train to paris. first, amélie gets an apartment. then, she gets a job in montmartre at the 2 windmills cafe (“café des 2 moulins) .
the movie is based on a book written by the trio and author jeffrey e. stern, called
the 15: 17 to paris: the true story of a terrorist, a train, and three american heroes .
' window to paris' serguei dontsov: nikolai agnes soral: nicole victor mihailov: gorokhov nina oussatova: vera gorokhov a sony pictures classics release. director yuri mamin. producer guy seligmann. screenplay by mamin, arkadi tigai. cinematographers sergei nekrassov, anatoli lapchov. editors olga andrianova. costumes natalya zamakhina. music yuri mamin, aleksei zalivalov. set designer vera zelinskaia. in russian and french, with english subtitles. running time: 1 hour, 31 minutes .
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paris has been a mecca for russians since before the revolution, and here it represents western prosperity and freedom. architecturally, the two cities are similar, having been defined by 18th - and 19th - century classical styles, but st. petersburg, for all its own fabled beauty and grandeur, is shown to be run - down and ill - kempt in comparison to the city of light. an ancient chart discovered on the wall of nikolai' s room reveals that the russians'
window of opportunity
will last only 20 days, with the wall closing up for another 20 years. in no time the gorokhovs are hawking russian souvenirs and even pianos in a paris square, but their noisy ways draw the ire of nicole (agnes soral) .
window to paris ,
which opens today at lincoln plaza cinemas, stars sergei dontsov as nikolai, the clownish, sad - sack music teacher who accidentally stumbles across the gateway to french culture. assigned to a crowded, boisterous apartment where the residents store groceries inside their several pianos, he is given the room of a recently deceased old woman, who kept models of parisian landmarks as part of her decor. it' s typical of the film' s coarse comic style that this old woman appears not as a mysterious, ghostly figure but as one more cantankerous character on an already - crowded scene. not surprising, the escape hatch out of russia has great allure .
mr. mamin, whose film making is more spirited than accomplished, doesn' t do much to further that cause. the film' s russia - bashing culminates in a bleak interlude when the french taxidermist finds herself passing through the looking glass and getting nightmarishly stuck in st. petersburg. unlike tougher russian directors like pavel lungine (
taxi blues
), mr. mamin doesn' t take a bitter, scorching view of his country' s troubles, preferring instead to poke gentle fun and look on the sunny side. by the time
window to paris
is over, songs and balloons and sweetness have supplanted any possible sting. window to paris directed by yuri mamin; written by mr. mamin and arkadi tigai (in french and russian, with english subtitles); directors of photography, sergei nekrassov and anatoly lapchov; edited by olga andrianova and joele van effenterre; music by mr. mamin and aleksei zalivalov; produced by guy seligmann; released by sony pictures classics. at lincoln plaza cinemas, broadway at 63d street. running time: 87 minutes. this film is not rated. with: agnes soral (nicole), sergei dontsov (nikolai), viktor mikhailov (gorokhov) and nina oussatova (vera )
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as a story device, the magical mirror is promising. but mamim doesn' t do much with it - certainly nothing as biting and satirical as he might have. there is a subplot involving a french neighbor who doesn' t like the noise of the visiting russian party animals, and another subplot involving a french woman who visits russia, and some sight gags based on everybody getting drunk. when nikolai' s students go on strike, he bribes them with a trip to paris, and when they want to stay, he delivers a heartfelt speech about their duty to their country .
things are not running well in russia. the old days of top - down management have been replaced by indifferent anarchy, and although a class may be interrupted by a shipment of computers, there is not necessarily a reason for the computers, or anything to teach on them, or with them, and they may be headed for a fate similar to the pianos (which are used to conceal contraband groceries). in paris, on the other hand, there is bounty everywhere, and the movie underlines the plight of the russian visitors, who focus so single - mindedly on the material .
one night the new boarder, a teacher whose name is nikolai, sees a ghostly visitor in the apartment. the others see her, too, and explain that she is an old woman, looking for her cat, which has gone missing ever since her death. where is the cat? its disappearance holds a clue to the movie' s comic premise, which is that by stepping through a mirror in the old woman' s room, you can be magically transported from st. petersburg to paris .
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nikolai, who has been sleeping in the school gym, at last lands a garret room in an apartment that is home to the gorokhovs, a combative, overweight family given to a great deal of eating and drinking and singing. they are exuberant vulgarians, exasperating but capable of an embracing kindliness and generosity. they are clearly meant to be archetypal russian survivors; they may get on your nerves, yet they' re hearty enough to take life in stride .
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soon nikolai and his neighbors are making regular trips across time and space, managing to get so drunk in the process that it takes them a while to grasp the magnitude of their adventure. once the drunk jokes subside and the premise sinks in, mr. mamin himself has nowhere to go, and the film begins taking weightlessly farcical turns. eventually, it reaches a moment of sufficient toothlessness for nikolai to tell his music students :
you were born at the wrong time in a miserable, bankrupt country. but it' s still your country. can' t you make it a better place ?
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dontsov is a warm, likable man who is the film' s rueful, wise linchpin. for all his vaulting artistic spirit, dontsov' s nikolai has his feet on the ground; he remains the realist while others get caught up in their self - absorbed flights of fancy. each successive, frequently hilarious adventure experienced by nikolai - - and the others - - allows mamin further opportunity to skewer some aspect of current russian society. having ticked off a long list of ills, mamin nevertheless is in fact making a plea for russians to stay home and deal with them .
while nikolai finds himself attracted to nicole, she and the gorokhovs get into escalating donnybrooks, which culminate with nicole finding herself wandering over a st. petersburg at night that' s something like the south bronx - - and wearing nothing but mules, a towel turban and a short satin dressing gown .
contrasting such stereotypes of french and russian culture, mr. mamin makes his countrymen the butt of an extended, wistful joke. his film asks what would happen to russians who could suddenly escape their impoverished society and find themselves in the midst of french culture, which they regard with a mixture of suspicion, envy and disbelief .
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who protected them from the tartar mongols ?
one of the film' s russian characters asks belligerently, once the
twilight zone
- type device of the title lets them step directly from st. petersburg to a rooftop within view of the eiffel tower .
we held them back for 200 years. meanwhile, they
- - the french - -
evolved .
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housing space is at a premium in russia, and the young man is happy to be assigned a room in an apartment already filled with as many people as one of those crowded warrens in
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what amazes him is how many pianos there are in the apartment .
we work at the factory ,
a resident helpfully explains. that means they have more pianos than they need - but not enough, of course, food, clothing or vodka .
i originally saw this movie as a blockbuster vhs rental. that was quite some time ago, but still remembered it. blockbuster doesn' t have it anymore. netflix didn' t have it and there weren' t many copies on the web - - only a few spendy vhs copies. recently did finally find it available in dvd form on ebay for a reasonable price (in pal format, but our dvd player will play pal discs on our ntsc tv). wife and i both enjoyed it. the style of the movie is a bit strong, and many if not most of the parts are rather strongly over - played as if amateurs were making it (especially the kids), but it' s not bothersome. the contrasts of societies are accentuated in the overplay. there is a bit of political preaching in terms of saying that the young in russia shouldn' t try to escape their not - so - great life but instead should at least try to make things better first. but that' s not dominant. it' s fairly humorous most of the time. some downplaying of the west commented upon by others isn' t that at all imo, i take it as a comment about expectations of the russian characters. at least when taken from my western viewpoint. perhaps it' s a downplay of the west from a russian viewpoint (which it is literally by the characters saying it). i can' t say how literally true to the film the english subtitles are, but i can say that the subtitles were done very well, full of english idioms as if done by a native english speaker - - complete with
colorful
language .
as an example of the direction the movie might have taken, consider the moment when a visiting russian explains why france is so far ahead of his motherland :
we held off the mongol hordes for them, so they had the luxury of developing .
yes, perhaps, but what then? and did they develop in such a wonderful way after all? is russia such a grim place that there are no jokes to be made about the ways in which france might be flawed? looking at the movie, i felt marooned in one of those lightweight multinational comedies of the 1970s, like
if it' s tuesday, this must be belgium ,
in which most of the jokes were based on national characteristics i didn' t much care about .
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soon nikolai and the others are moving back and forth between russia and france almost as a daily commute. and the director, yuri mamin, is making jokes that i imagine resonate a great deal more deeply, and even painfully, in russia than in france - or america .
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spindly, weathered, straggly haired serguei dontsov stars as nikolai, a music and aesthetics teacher in a st. petersburg business high school, where he' s regarded as obsolete. he, on the other hand, sees the school system, which has cut arts instruction, as turning out predators and ignoramuses, just as it did under communism. in any event, he' s whipped his kids into a song - and - dance unit straight out of
fame .
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naturally, this strange new world beyond the curtain fascinates our heroes as much as it confounds them, resulting in numerous hilarious encounters, misunderstandings and clashes of culture. much of the imagery is so over - the - top that it almost buries the plot, and i can see how some folks might find that annoying. for me, the film worked very well though: a cute, somewhat clumsy story about life, diversity, ignorance and the choices everyone faces at some point during their life .
still loved it the second time around, i stand by my review from earlier this year .
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window to paris ( russian : окно в париж ) is a 1993 russian drama film directed by yuri mamin . some french friends suggested that yuri mamin should make a joint russian-french film , which led to the creation of the 1993 film " window to paris " or " salade russe " . the film starts with residents of a saint petersburg communal apartment of 1990s finding a window hidden behind a cupboard that leads to a mansard roof and shows the effect of this discovery . the film is a grotesque prediction of the effect of fall of the iron curtain on the life in europe , about the invasion of russian demoralized businessmen and the humiliation of the intelligentsia in russia . at the end of the film , the main character , nikolai chizhov , a school music teacher and a member of the russian intelligentsia , gives a persuasive speech to the children , who have decided to remain in paris . in his words : you were born in a terrible time in a poor , devastated country . but it is your country , after all ! do n't you want to make it better ? at that time , this was a rather rare demonstration of patriotism ; the authors of the film and all its actors were quite sincere . as a division of lenfilm , the film company troitsky most refused to participate in financing the project , thus putting the french partners on the edge of financial collapse and threatening the production of the film . because of this situation , yuri mamin was urged to establish his own film company in order to attract support from commercial businesses that were thriving in post-perestroika russia . that is how yuri mamin 's fountain fund for support and development of cinematography was created . the name of the fund , " fountain " , is from mamin 's preceding film that won the grand prize at a french film festival , which had been organized under the patronage of madame danielle mitterrand , the wife of the french then-president françois mitterrand . it was this in particular that facilitated financing for the film " window to paris " from the french fund cnc . the comedy " window to paris " attained such success in france and at the berlin film festival that michael barker , the co-president of the american distribution company sony pictures classics , arranged for the film to be released in the united states , and twice requested goskino to submit the film " window to paris " for the 1994 academy award for best foreign language film . barker wrote : " the response to the film at screenings in los angeles and new york has been terrific with both the critics and the audiences . it seems to communicate the message of bringing two cultures together in a warm and enlightening manner ... should ' salade russe ' be the official russian entry to the academy for the best foreign film academy award , we feel confident the picture will not only be nominated for the award , but has a very good chance to ultimately win the award itself . " however , at that time nikita mikhalkov , with his freshly finished film " burnt by the sun " , greatly wished to be considered for the oscar . after the chairman of the russian oscar committee , elem klimov , did not agree to submit mikhalkov ’s film to the competition , mikhalkov demonstrated his outstanding skills in behind-the-scenes intrigues . elem klimov was immediately replaced by mikhalkov 's brother , andrey konchalovsky , who agreed to send the film " burnt by the sun " to the united states . thus , mamin was deprived of the opportunity to win the oscar . the members of the russian oscar committee remain under the control of nikita mikhalkov , who shapes the politics of russian cinematography . therefore , in mamin 's opinion , neither the best nor the most talented films are being submitted to the american film academy , but rather the ones created by mikhalkov 's favorite artists . nikita mikhalkov is currently vladimir putin 's cinematography adviser . the idea of a mystical window , a dimensional portal between russia and paris , came to the mind of the moscow screenwriter felix mironer long before gorbachev 's perestroika . he told this idea to the filmmaker aleksey german , who sold it 20 years later to arkady tigai , yuri mamin ' co-author , for a bottle of cognac . " window to paris " may be truly called a people 's film . it is the most famous of all yuri mamin ’s works , and is loved by millions of viewers around the world . many quotations from the film have become folk proverbs . 
window to paris (russian: окно в париж) is a 1993 russian drama film directed by yuri mamin. some french friends suggested that yuri mamin should make a joint russian-french film, which led to the creation of the 1993 film " window to paris " or " salade russe ". the film starts with residents of a saint petersburg communal apartment of 1990s finding a window hidden behind a cupboard that leads to a mansard roof and shows the effect of this discovery. the film is a grotesque prediction of the effect of fall of the iron curtain on the life in europe, about the invasion of russian demoralized businessmen and the humiliation of the intelligentsia in russia. at the end of the film, the main character, nikolai chizhov, a school music teacher and a member of the russian intelligentsia, gives a persuasive speech to the children, who have decided to remain in paris. in his words: you were born in a terrible time in a poor, devastated country. but it is your country, after all! don't you want to make it better? at that time, this was a rather rare demonstration of patriotism; the authors of the film and all its actors were quite sincere. as a division of lenfilm, the film company troitsky most refused to participate in financing the project, thus putting the french partners on the edge of financial collapse and threatening the production of the film. because of this situation, yuri mamin was urged to establish his own film company in order to attract support from commercial businesses that were thriving in post-perestroika russia. that is how yuri mamin's fountain fund for support and development of cinematography was created. the name of the fund, " fountain ", is from mamin's preceding film that won the grand prize at a french film festival, which had been organized under the patronage of madame danielle mitterrand, the wife of the french then-president françois mitterrand. it was this in particular that facilitated financing for the film " window to paris " from the french fund cnc. the comedy " window to paris " attained such success in france and at the berlin film festival that michael barker, the co-president of the american distribution company sony pictures classics, arranged for the film to be released in the united states, and twice requested goskino to submit the film " window to paris " for the 1994 academy award for best foreign language film. barker wrote: " the response to the film at screenings in los angeles and new york has been terrific with both the critics and the audiences. it seems to communicate the message of bringing two cultures together in a warm and enlightening manner... should' salade russe' be the official russian entry to the academy for the best foreign film academy award, we feel confident the picture will not only be nominated for the award, but has a very good chance to ultimately win the award itself. " however, at that time nikita mikhalkov, with his freshly finished film " burnt by the sun ", greatly wished to be considered for the oscar. after the chairman of the russian oscar committee, elem klimov, did not agree to submit mikhalkov ’s film to the competition, mikhalkov demonstrated his outstanding skills in behind-the-scenes intrigues. elem klimov was immediately replaced by mikhalkov's brother, andrey konchalovsky, who agreed to send the film " burnt by the sun " to the united states. thus, mamin was deprived of the opportunity to win the oscar. the members of the russian oscar committee remain under the control of nikita mikhalkov, who shapes the politics of russian cinematography. therefore, in mamin's opinion, neither the best nor the most talented films are being submitted to the american film academy, but rather the ones created by mikhalkov's favorite artists. nikita mikhalkov is currently vladimir putin's cinematography adviser. the idea of a mystical window, a dimensional portal between russia and paris, came to the mind of the moscow screenwriter felix mironer long before gorbachev's perestroika. he told this idea to the filmmaker aleksey german, who sold it 20 years later to arkady tigai, yuri mamin' co-author, for a bottle of cognac. " window to paris " may be truly called a people's film. it is the most famous of all yuri mamin ’s works, and is loved by millions of viewers around the world. many quotations from the film have become folk proverbs.
window to paris (russian: окно в париж) is a 1993 russian drama film directed by yuri mamin. some french friends suggested that yuri mamin should make a joint russian-french film, which led to the creation of the 1993 film " window to paris " or " salade russe ". the film starts with residents of a saint petersburg communal apartment of 1990s finding a window hidden behind a cupboard that leads to a mansard roof and shows the effect of this discovery. the film is a grotesque prediction of the effect of fall of the iron curtain on the life in europe, about the invasion of russian demoralized businessmen and the humiliation of the intelligentsia in russia. at the end of the film, the main character, nikolai chizhov, a school music teacher and a member of the russian intelligentsia, gives a persuasive speech to the children, who have decided to remain in paris. in his words: you were born in a terrible time in a poor, devastated country. but it is your country, after all! don't you want to make it better? at that time, this was a rather rare demonstration of patriotism; the authors of the film and all its actors were quite sincere. as a division of lenfilm, the film company troitsky most refused to participate in financing the project, thus putting the french partners on the edge of financial collapse and threatening the production of the film. because of this situation, yuri mamin was urged to establish his own film company in order to attract support from commercial businesses that were thriving in post-perestroika russia. that is how yuri mamin's fountain fund for support and development of cinematography was created. the name of the fund, " fountain ", is from mamin's preceding film that won the grand prize at a french film festival, which had been organized under the patronage of madame danielle mitterrand, the wife of the french then-president françois mitterrand. it was this in particular that facilitated financing for the film " window to paris " from the french fund cnc. the comedy " window to paris " attained such success in france and at the berlin film festival that michael barker, the co-president of the american distribution company sony pictures classics, arranged for the film to be released in the united states, and twice requested goskino to submit the film " window to paris " for the 1994 academy award for best foreign language film. barker wrote: " the response to the film at screenings in los angeles and new york has been terrific with both the critics and the audiences. it seems to communicate the message of bringing two cultures together in a warm and enlightening manner... should' salade russe' be the official russian entry to the academy for the best foreign film academy award, we feel confident the picture will not only be nominated for the award, but has a very good chance to ultimately win the award itself. " however, at that time nikita mikhalkov, with his freshly finished film " burnt by the sun ", greatly wished to be considered for the oscar. after the chairman of the russian oscar committee, elem klimov, did not agree to submit mikhalkov ’s film to the competition, mikhalkov demonstrated his outstanding skills in behind-the-scenes intrigues. elem klimov was immediately replaced by mikhalkov's brother, andrey konchalovsky, who agreed to send the film " burnt by the sun " to the united states. thus, mamin was deprived of the opportunity to win the oscar. the members of the russian oscar committee remain under the control of nikita mikhalkov, who shapes the politics of russian cinematography. therefore, in mamin's opinion, neither the best nor the most talented films are being submitted to the american film academy, but rather the ones created by mikhalkov's favorite artists. nikita mikhalkov is currently vladimir putin's cinematography adviser. the idea of a mystical window, a dimensional portal between russia and paris, came to the mind of the moscow screenwriter felix mironer long before gorbachev's perestroika. he told this idea to the filmmaker aleksey german, who sold it 20 years later to arkady tigai, yuri mamin' co-author, for a bottle of cognac. " window to paris " may be truly called a people's film. it is the most famous of all yuri mamin ’s works, and is loved by millions of viewers around the world. many quotations from the film have become folk proverbs.