Comedy ·Crime · Ukraine · 1992 · 1h 25m

Chench

Ченч

Director

Cast

Ekaterina Durova as Anton/Antonina/"Ryzhik" Igor Bogodukh as Olga Leonova as Nora Gryakalova as Yevgeniy Borenboym as Valentina Kasyanova as

Crew

Sergei Lylov — Director of Photography Tamara Muntyan — Writer Elina Yerofeeva — Writer Leonid Rozsokha — Production Design

Synopsis

A mafia caper comedy set in early post-Soviet Ukraine about a woman who disguises herself as a man to join a ruthless Odesa drug ring, not realizing there is a hapless guy who looks exactly like her trying to make small-time money selling household goods on the Odesa black market, inciting a series of wacky mix-ups.

Key Collaborators

Roman Gai Director Sergei Lylov Director of Photography Tamara Muntyan Writer Elina Yerofeeva Writer Leonid Rozsokha Production Design

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