A Friend of the Deceased
Genres
Overview
Tolla is an unemployed translator whose wife is leaving him. Despondent and weak, he submits to the suggestion of an acquaintance to have a contract placed on the man that his wife is seeing. Instead, however, he arranges for the hit to be placed on himself. Before the contract is executed, he develops a relationship with a prostitute, and then changes his mind. In order to survive he takes the obvious course of action, which turns out to have possibly been unnecessary, and then he must deal with the guilt.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
100 min
Release Date
1997-09-10
Status
Released
Original Language
Ukrainian
Vote Count
7
Vote Average
4.6
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Lyudmyla Travnykova
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