Angel on the Curb

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Angel on the Curb

Directed by	Svetlana Stasenko
Starring	Mikhail Efimov Aleksandr Tsurkan Petr Zaychenko Ekaterina Migitsko Andrey Egorov Gennady Nazarov Anatoly Guschin Vasya Lykshin
Cinematography	Irina Uralskaja
Release date(s)	2003
Running time	110 mins
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
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Angel on the Curb (2003) (Shantytown Blues, Russian: Ангел на обочине) is an avantguard musical drama, close in style to Sergey Solovyev's Assa. "He wanted to become a thief, but became a rock star", reads the tagline.

The film was presented at XXVI Moscow International Film Festival, 2004.

In 2004 15-year-old Vasya Lykshin was awarded "Children's Oscar" for the leading part in this film.

[edit] Plot

A young boy Misha lives in a small town: sleeps in a shack, listens to The Beatles, hi-jacks a motorcycle. Nobody knows that melodies dwell in his head. Only a local criminal boss nicknamed John understands that Misha is born for music. However, soon John gets killed. Then a political turmoil happens in the country. Misha with his music finds himself in the middle of this turbulent whirlpool. And John's killer is behind his back.

[edit] Trivia

Actor who played the young hero was found in juvenile prison. He agreed to participate on the condition that filming time counts towards his term. His story is pretty close to the one of the hero.