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Pop World

It will be cool!

2005•1h 51m•

★6.2(5 ratings)

DramaComedy

Overview

18-year old girl, called Slavka, born in a small northern town, comes to Moscow - to become a singer or a real pop-star. She got no cash, but just the business card of one of the most famous music producer, called Larisa. But Slavka appears to be quite pushy, and gets herself on board Larisa. And suddenly psycho shock happens - 48-year old Larisa recognizes herself and her own youth in a teen age Slavka, who has the same fighter's nature...

Director

Elena Nikolaeva

Writers

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Main Cast

Tatyana Vasileva

Tatyana Vasileva

Larisa

Elena Velikanova

Elena Velikanova

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Olga Drozdova

Olga Drozdova

Valeriy Garkalin

Valeriy Garkalin

Dmitriy Pevtsov

Dmitriy Pevtsov

Vsevolod Shilovsky

Vsevolod Shilovsky

Lyanka Gryu

Lyanka Gryu

Lyubov Tikhomirova

Lyubov Tikhomirova

Lolita Milyavskaya

Lolita Milyavskaya

Igor Mulev

Igor Mulev

Aleksey Garnizov

Aleksey Garnizov

Ivan Rydakov

Ivan Rydakov

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Elena Nikolaeva
Assistant Director: Tsarina Lazarova

Writing

Writer: Yuri Korotkov

Music & Sound

Music: Yuriy Poteenko
Sound Director: Aleksandr Abramov
Sound Director: Oleg Tsygankov

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Andrei Zhegalov
Additional Director of Photography: Yuri Nikolayev

Editing

Editor: Igor Litoninskiy

Art Direction

Production Design: Tatyana Devirts

Costume & Make-Up

Makeup Artist: Yuliya Kostomarova
Costume Design: Valeriy Kungurov

Visual Effects

VFX Supervisor: Leonid Volosatov
VFX Supervisor: Pavel Donatov

Keywords

musical

Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "It will be cool!"

#2

The original title is "Попса" (RU).

#3

The runtime is 111 minutes (1h 51m).

#4

The film was directed by Elena Nikolaeva.

#5

The screenplay was written by Yuri Korotkov.

#6

Cinematography was handled by Andrei Zhegalov.

#7

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0460532.

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Rating

6.2/10

Average

5 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Попса

Status:

Released

Language:

Pусский

Country of Origin:

Russia