Young motor-car provincials-enthusiasts - Telescope and Zhora are dream to become professional motorists. Collecting a car from worthless materials, heroes set forth to Moscow and soon meet on the way of quack-conjurer, setting up for professor, and his niece Fenechka.
Is it worth your time? If you like old-school slapstick and don't mind when a movie feels like it’s vibrating with nervous energy, give Odnazhdy letom a shot. It is a weird, dusty relic that clearly wants to be a big adventure but keeps getting distracted by its own jokes. If you hate movies where characters make bad d...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Igor Ilyinsky
Richard Smith
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school slapstick and don't mind when a movie feels like it’s vibrating with nervous energy, give Odnazhdy letom a shot. It is a weird, dusty relic that clearly wants to be a big adventure but keeps getting distracted by its own jokes. If you hate movies where characters make bad decisions for the sake of the plot, steer clear. This one is fueled entirely by bad decisions and a very shaky car. The whole thing feels like a fever dream of early Soviet motorin..."
A. Savitskaya
Yevgeni Petrov, Ilya Ilf
Soviet Union
