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Short Stories

2012 · 105 min · Director: Mikhail Segal ★ IMDb 6.9 · 2,081 ratings

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A young writer brings a collection of short stories to a big Moscow publishing house. The manuscript stays at the office and mysteriously influences the lives of anyone who opens it and reads at least one page. There are four stories in the manuscript, and four readers whose lives are changed after reading them. The situations range from realistic to absurd to thrilling to create a rich portrait of life in contemporary Russia and showcase the thoughts, feelings and ambitions of people who live there.

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Short Stories (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Sadness 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Sadness, Confusion. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Cast

DN
Darya Nosik

IU
Igor Ugolnikov

President

AP
Andrey Petrov

TM
Tamara Mironova

Anna Petrovna

KY
Konstantin Yushkevich

Maks

VL
Vladislav Leshkevich

Writer

DN
Daria Nosik

Olya

SF
Sergey Fetisov

Governor

EN
Elena Nesterova

Irina

VM
Vasily Michkov

Aleksey

SY
Sergey Yefremov

mayor's deputy

MG
Maksim Gromov

adventurer

AG
Anatoliy Golub

officer

VM
Viktor Manaev

principal

AD
Anatoly Dlussky

mayor

GO
Gleb Orlov

Lenin

DB
Denis Baranovsky

governor's guard

VM
Viktor Molchan

mayor

Details

Directed by
Mikhail Segal
Written by
Mikhail Segal
Type
Movies
Released
2012
Runtime
105 min
Country
Russia
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 2,081 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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