Messenger Boy

Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov

Written by Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Karen Shakhnazarov, Eduard Yermolin

Ivan Miroshnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, 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 Russian 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.

Cast

Fyodor Dunayevsky

Ivan

Anastasiya Nemolyaeva

Katya

Oleg Basilashvili

Katya's father

Inna Churikova

Ivan's mother

Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy

Ivan's chief

Vladimir Menshov

Guest on Katya's birthday

Svetlana Kryuchkova

Zinaida Pavlovna

Alika Smekhova

Nina

Sergey Chonishvili

Ilya

Nikolai Karnaukhov

staff department

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Vladimir Smirnov

Kolya Bazin

Aleftina Evdokimova

Katya's mother