Country of the Deaf
Seen it?1998 | 105 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Scarface or The Godfather Part III, start here.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Strana Glukhikh is about an unusual relationship between two women, one of them a deaf-mute dancer and the other on the run from the mafia. Yaya, the deaf girl, offers to hide Rita whose boyfriend, Alyosha owes gambling debts to the mafia, but in return she wants her to leave the young man and run off with her to an imaginary paradise where material values do not exist.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Valery Todorovsky
- Chulpan KhamatovaRita
- Dina KorzunYaya
- Maksim SukhanovSvinya ("The Pig")
- Nikita TyuninAlyosha
- Aleksandr YatskoThe Albino
- Sergey YushkevichNuna
- Oleksiy HorbunovLandlord
- Pavel PoymalovMao
- Yaroslav Boykobandit
- Yunona Kareva