Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs (1994)
Kurochka Ryaba (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 57min
- Comedy
- Nov 1994 (Russia)
- Movie
- 1 win & 3 nominations.
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Cast
Inna Churikova | ... |
Asya
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Viktor Mikhaylov | ... |
Vasili Nikitich
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Aleksandr Surin | ... |
Stepan
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Gennady Yegorychev | ... |
Chirkunov
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Gennadiy Nazarov | ... |
Seryozha
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Mikhail Kislov |
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Mikhail Kononov |
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Lyubov Sokolova |
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Aleksandr Chislov |
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Tatyana Bukamina |
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Yevgeni Shkayev |
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Larisa Kudryashova |
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Mikhail Bogdasarov |
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Mikhail Burlakov |
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Sofiya Chernova |
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Aleksei Fedoseyev |
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Nikolay Garo |
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Nadezhda Kozhkina |
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Andrei Kulakov |
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Anna Lozhkina |
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Lyudmila Lyakhovistkaya |
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Vladimir Lyakhovitsky |
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Viktor Mikhailov | ... |
Vasiliy Nikitich
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Guerman Oudalov |
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Boris Pavlov |
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Tamara Serkova |
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Anatoli Smikov |
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Lev Suvorov |
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Vasili Tarasov |
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Mikhail Yelsky |
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Aleksandr Zakharkin |
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Elizaveta Zhukova |
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Directed by
Andrey Konchalovskiy |
Written by
Andrey Konchalovskiy | ... | () |
Viktor Merezhko | ... | () |
Produced by
Sergei Bayev | ... | producer |
Chris Bolzli | ... | executive producer |
Andrey Konchalovskiy | ... | producer |
Jacky Ouaknine | ... | producer |
Music by
Boris Basurov |
Cinematography by
Evgeniy Guslinskiy |
Editing by
Yelena Gagarina |
Editorial Department
Olga Grinshpun | ... | assistant to editor |
Production Design by
Andrei Platov | ||
Leonid Platov |
Costume Design by
Natalya Firsova |
Production Management
Daniel Delume | ... | production manager |
Nikolay Garo | ... | production manager |
Fedor Popov | ... | production manager (as Fyodor Popov) |
Sound Department
Aleksandr Pogosyan | ... | sound |
Additional Crew
Dmitriy Korzh | ... | production assistant |
Gilles Lagasse | ... | press attache: France |
Régine Vial | ... | press attache: France |
Production Companies
- AO Logovaz
- ARK-Film
- Canal+
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Chara Commercial Bank
- ParisMedia
- Roskomkino
- Russkaya Ruletka
Distributors
- Les Films du Losange (1995) (France) (theatrical)
- Polfilm (1997) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Look Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Cannes Film Festival (festival)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Kurochka Ryaba is a sarcastic sour comedy sequel to Konchalovsky's own 1966 movie 'The Story of Asya Klyachina, Who Loved, But Did Not Marry'. Original actors Aleksandr Surin and Gennady Yegorychev reprise their original roles of Stepan and Chirkunov, whilst Inna Churikova plays Asya. At the eve of the fall of the USSR, Perestroika has not spared the protagonists' remote village and whilst Chirkunov has embraced the changes to the dismay of his old kolkhoz co-workers, a bitter Asya tries to rally the village against him in the name of old communist mores and values, whilst a still good-for-nothing Stepan hopes Asya will take him back. Envy, jealousy and other petty conflicts are going on when the arrival of Asya's son from the city coincide with Asya's discovery a 'miracle' golden egg she thinks her chicken has laid. Old communist habits die hard : the whole village discuss what to do with what they consider their new communal wealth, but at the idea of herself being now personally wealthy Asya changes her tune. The egg however is no folk tale miracle but the loot of a shady crime being hidden by her son from mafia-like gangs from the city. Meanwhile the tragic frustrated love Chirkunov has always felt for Asya since their youth will be revealed and, despite all his courting efforts and all his entrepreneurial success, will find no happy end. Written by Antoine |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Two famous soviet pop music artists appear on the screen when Asya is watching TV. The female artist is Masha Rasputina in the music video of her song 'The White Mercedes', a song about new money and consumption society. The male artist in the David Bowie inspired androgynous make up is Boris Moiseev. Both artists' careers have spanned decades from the Soviet 80s to today (2022). See more » |
Movie Connections | Features Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh (1966). See more » |