Eldar Ryazanov

[one_half] The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath Written by Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov Directed by Eldar Ryazanov Soviet Union, 1975 As the Holy Grail of Soviet cinema, The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath is responsible every year for religious gatherings of zealous Russians around television sets within a few hours of …

The Garage Written by Emil Braginskiy, Eldar Ryazanov Directed by Eldar Ryazanov Soviet Union, 1979 Is it possible to turn the fate of a most unlucky person into a tender comedy? How does one present the absurdity of chance to public amusement? In 1979, legendary Russian director Eldar Ryazanov poignantly approached these questions through the …