description Assa Overview
Assa is a 1987 Soviet crime film directed by Sergei Solovyov. The movie gained notoriety as one of the first to integrate Russian rock music into popular culture. A sequel, 2-ASSA-2, was released twenty years after the original.
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info Assa Specifications
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Year | 1987 |
help Assa FAQ
Why is Viktor Tsoi's appearance at the end of Assa so famous?
Tsoi appears as himself and rejects a restaurant manager's list of rules before performing Kino's Khochu peremen, commonly translated as I Want Changes. The camera reveals a large audience, turning the sequence into an enduring image of perestroika-era youth culture.
What is the crime story in Assa actually about?
In winter 1980, young nurse Alika stays in Yalta with Krymov, her older lover and a powerful criminal. Her growing relationship with the musician Bananan places him in direct danger from Krymov.
Why does Assa include scenes about Tsar Paul I?
Krymov reads Nathan Eidelman's historical work about the assassination of Paul I, and the film periodically visualizes that story. The parallel gives Sergei Solovyov's crime plot an additional theme of corrupt power and political change.
What is 2-ASSA-2?
2-ASSA-2 is Sergei Solovyov's follow-up to Assa, released roughly two decades later in 2009. It revisits characters and ideas from the original rather than functioning as a straightforward continuation of Bananan's story.
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