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24 October 2002 (Israel) morePlot:
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement... more | add synopsisAwards:
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Vladimir Mashkov | ... | Platon | |
| Mariya Mironova | ... | Masha | |
| Andrei Krasko | ... | Shmakov | |
| Levan Uchaneishvili | ... | Larry | |
| Mikhail Vasserbaum | ... | Mark | |
| Sergei Yushkevich | ... | Viktor | |
| Aleksandr Samoylenko | ... | Musa | |
| Natalya Kolyakanova | ... | Nina | |
| Aleksandr Baluyev | ... | Koretsky | |
| Vladimir Gusev | ... | Lomov | |
| Vladimir Steklov | ... | Belenky | |
| Marat Basharov | ... | Koshkin | |
| Vladimir Salnikov | ... | Daddy Gricha | |
| Vladimir Golovin | ... | Akhmet | |
| Anna Churina | ... | Journalist |
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Олигарх (Russia)Ein neuer Russe (Germany)
Tycoon (International: English title)
Tycoon: A New Russian (USA)
Un nouveau Russe (France)
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Switzerland:128 min (Locarno Film Festival) | USA:123 minLanguage:
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Hungary:16 | Australia:MA | France:U | Hong Kong:III | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-18FAQ
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"Tycoon" may not succeed as a political film or piece of social criticism, but I don't think it was meant be those things. "Tycoon" was obviously meant to be first and foremost an interesting, entertaining crime drama, and on this count I think it succeeds marvelously. It has timeless themes: loyalty, betrayal, greed, envy, power, love, lust. To me the fact that it is based on the 1990's Russian oligarchs is almost secondary. It's more like a good war movie - the time and place is really just a setting, a backdrop used to tell a good story.
The script is beautifully structured, the actors all give terrific performances, the direction is understated and confident. Unexpected things happen, scenes jump back and forth through time, and the pacing is excellent. Even though it's got the "a gangster's life" story arc (similar to The Godfather, Casino and the hugely overrated Scarface) in which the risks are taken, trusts made and broken, beautiful women seduced, liquor poured, bullets sprayed, etc., from scene to scene you aren't quite sure exactly who will do what. It holds your interest from beginning to end.
No doubt there is a great documentary to be made about the rise and fall of the actual oligarchs or "New Russians", one which could tie together with great detail the entire true story. But "Tycoon" isn't that film, and I think it's arguable that it's better because if it.