A grumpy writer and his imaginary elephant walk into a midlife crisis.
In the center of the plot children's writer Valentin Shubin, accustomed to live in seclusion. His books about the elephant Mishka, written in his youth, enjoyed great success both at home and abroad. A series of random events causes a new surge of interest in the personality and creativity of the writer-introvert. Adults and young readers waiting for new books, but Shubin them does not want to write.
Acting
Guskov's magnificent grump — every sigh is a tiny masterpiece.
Production
Mishka the elephant: puppet perfection or budget genius?
Director
Alexey Krasovsky
Aleksey Guskov
Valentin Arkadyevich Shubin
Polina Agureeva
Tosya
Gennadiy Smirnov
Kardiolog
Ingrid Olerinskaya
Tanya
Yan Tsapnik
Roman - advokat
Evgeniya Dmitrieva
Ada Nargizovna
Frédéric Beigbeder
Vincent Amari
Igor Khripunov
grabitel
Sergey Kolos
Sledovatel
Alisa Mynay
Matilda
Maksim Belborodov
Vedushchiy na televidenii
Ivan Efremov
Doktor v travmpunkte
Yuliya Topolnitskaya
Medsestra v travmpunkte
Valeriy Kukhareshin
Rybak
Sergey Druzyak
Prodavets v magazine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Alexey Krasovsky made this between political firestorms — his earlier film 'The Patient' got him labeled a foreign agent in Russia.
The 'elephant writer' archetype nods to Soviet children's lit giants like Eduard Uspensky, whose creators often outgrew their own beloved characters.
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