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A boxer who can't stop losing at life, winning at comedy.
TMDB
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‎The Slacker‎ (2007)

underdog chaosslapstick soulpost-Soviet grit

Overview

ComedyAction

Nevalyashka is a young and very successful boxer who is dreaming about the winning against the famous champion...

Flag of RURURussian
Content warning
sports
delusion vs. realityfound familyruined masculinity

Standout Aspects

Acting

Derevyanko's physical comedy is unhinged.

Production

Gritty Russian boxing gyms hit different.

Best for:Streaming: Weird late-night discovery fuel.·Friends: Roast the protagonist together.
Roman Kachanov

Director

Roman Kachanov

ReleasedApr 26, 2007
Runtime1h 30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
Slovo

Top Cast

Pavel Derevyanko

Pavel Derevyanko

Nevalyashka

Sergey Makovetskiy

Sergey Makovetskiy

Semyonych

Elena Nikolaeva

Elena Nikolaeva

Tanya

Aleksey Panin

Aleksey Panin

Leopold

Aleksandr Polovtsev

Aleksandr Polovtsev

Papa

Ivan Urgant

Ivan Urgant

Kommentator

Evgeny Pilipenko

Evgeny Pilipenko

friend Semenych in restaurant

Artemiy Troitskiy

Artemiy Troitskiy

Andrey Vasilyev

Andrey Vasilyev

Oleg Kassin

Oleg Kassin

Nicholay Kovbas

Nicholay Kovbas

Aleksey Gusev

Aleksey Gusev

Andrey Sviridov

Andrey Sviridov

Vasily Solodkov

Vasily Solodkov

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Pavel Derevyanko broke his hand during filming but kept shooting; they wrote it into the character's endless injuries.

Cultural

The film satirizes Russia's 2000s obsession with boxing as working-class escape hatch—Nevalyashka is every guy who bought gloves instead of therapy.

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