Rag Union

Rag Union (Russian: Тряпичный союз, romanized: Tryapichnyy soyuz) is a 2015 Russian comedy film directed by Mikhail Mestetsky.[1]

Rag Union
Directed byMikhail Mestetsky
Written byMikhail Mestetsky
StarringVasiliy Butkevich
Pavel Chinaryov
Release date
Running time
97 min
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

The film was screened at the Berlinale in the Generation 14plus section.[2][3]

In 2017, HBO purchased the rights to show the film on the HBO Central Europe channel.[4][5]

Plot

An ordinary Moscow guy, Vanya, after finishing school, goes to work as a "living advertisement" of monument-tombstones. At the cemetery, he meets three energetic guys - either a section, or a sect that calls itself the "Rag Union". Vanya asks to take him to their training sessions, and they settle for a month at Vanya's dacha.

Cast
  • Vasily Butkevich as Vanya
  • Aleksandr Pal as Popov
  • Ivan Yankovsky as Andrey
  • Pavel Chinaryov as Pyotr
  • Andrey Kryzhniy as leader
  • Anastasia Pronina as Sasha

Awards

The film's acting ensemble received the award for Best Actor at the Kinotavr, which occurred for the first time in the festival's history.[6]

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gollark: It's kind of bizarre, though. If you hadn't been exposed to Christianity, *would* you just randomly gravitate to "ah yes this is OBVIOUSLY the most sensible explanation"?
gollark: ... why? Of all the possible gods, that's one of the weirder ones.
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gollark: Is it that you're just *allegedly* a Christian but don't believe it, or...?

References
  1. "Режиссер фильма: "Тряпичный союз" - это драма идей". TASS.
  2. "Film Review: 'Rag Union'". Variety.
  3. "Михаил Местецкий: надеюсь, что зрители оценят веселый дух "Тряпичного союза"". TASS.
  4. "Американский канал НВО купил фильм "Тряпичный союз"". RIA Novosti.
  5. "Телесеть HBO приобрела российские фильмы "Тряпичный союз" и "Холодный фронт"". Kommersant.
  6. "В Сочи завершился фестиваль "Кинотавр"". TASS.


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