Living With an Idiot
Жизнь с идиотом
Synopsis
The main character is an intellectual from Russia, who sees it as his duty to bring an idiot from an mental institution to his house. He can pick someone out, after bribing the boss of the institution, with two bottles of vodka. He chooses Vova, at first sight a silly man, and takes him home. His wife is at first not very happy with this choice. Vova says and does nothing at all. Then he becomes an aggressive man, who terrorises the house and bashes everything to pieces. After she is raped by Vova, the wife gets sexually dependant on the Idiot. Vova isn't interested anymore, when she gets pregnant and doesn't keep the baby. The idiot goes now to the intellectual for his sexual needs. The wife can't take this anymore and forces her man to take a choice: Vova out, or she will go.
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Aleksandr Rogozhkin
- Screenplay & Story
- Viktor Erofeyev, Gennadi Yerofeyev, Gennadiy Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr Rogozhkin
- Original Title
- Жизнь с идиотом
- Country of Origin
- Russia
- Spoken Languages
- Russian
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Production Studios
- Trinity Bridge Studio, Lenfilm
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Viktor Erofeyev, Gennadi Yerofeyev, Gennadiy Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Valery Myulgaut, Sergey Yurizditskiy
Tamara Denisova
Mikhail Kirilyuk, Oleg Konkov
Department Leadership Roster
Valery Myulgaut
Director of Photography
Mikhail Kirilyuk
Producer
Tamara Denisova
Editor
Oleg Konkov
Producer
Marina Kaishauri
Costume Design
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Director
Gennadiy Ostrovskiy
Writer
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Writer
Sergey Yurizditskiy
Director of Photography
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What is Living With an Idiot about?
The main character is an intellectual from Russia, who sees it as his duty to bring an idiot from an mental institution to his house. He can pick someone out, after bribing the boss of the institution, with two bottles of vodka. He chooses Vova, at first sight a silly man, and takes him home. His wife is at first not very happy with this choice. Vova says and does nothing at all. Then he becomes an aggressive man, who terrorises the house and bashes everything to pieces. After she is raped by Vova, the wife gets sexually dependant on the Idiot. Vova isn't interested anymore, when she gets pregnant and doesn't keep the baby. The idiot goes now to the intellectual for his sexual needs. The wife can't take this anymore and forces her man to take a choice: Vova out, or she will go.
Who directed Living With an Idiot?
Living With an Idiot was directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin.
Who stars in Living With an Idiot?
The principal cast of Living With an Idiot includes Anzhelika Nevolina, Viktor Khozyainov, Sergey Migitsko, Viktor Mikhaylov, Aleksey Poluyan.
When was Living With an Idiot released and how long is it?
Living With an Idiot was released in 1993 with a total runtime of 1h 5m.