Piter FM (2006)

I like warm mood and quite modern shooting of this film showing nice side of St.Petersburg. I am sure it's makers watched great Czech movie Samotari (Loners) by David Ondricek. There are quite a few scenes in Piter FM almost exactly reminding Samotari which is a movie about Prague.Some examples: - radio show with dj having a conflict with it's manager - more than 2 genders - flip a coinOf course, there are many good original Russian jokes in the movie.Anyway, if you liked Piter FM I strongly recommend you watching Samotari!

Masha is a radio DJ who works with Piter FM. She is about to get married. Maksim is an architect who is having to work as a handyman but has been offered a job as an architect in Germany. He is about to go to Germany. One day, as fate would have it, while crossing the road Masha drops her mobile phone and Maksim picks it up. With Masha and Maksim we take a trip into their funny and enchanting worlds. This movie makes you laugh and keeps you hooked until the very last minute, in an "Amelie"-like manner. This is Oksana Bychkova's first movie and make a note of this name. She is a director we must watch out for! Brilliant, Imaginative and Entertaining!

I just saw this the other day, and enjoyed it. It's nice to see a happy, light-hearted film coming out of Russia. It's artistic without being artsy, and charming without being (too) corny. I'm not a huge movie buff, so I don't have an IMDb to draw on for comparisons, but imagine a Russian Lost in Translation. And by that, I don't mean to say it was necessarily that good - it just pretty accurately represents the genre. It'd be a good date movie, if you happen to have a date who speaks Russian too. Apparently I need 10 lines of text to complete this review, so I'll add a few more thoughts. Fedulova is unbelievably charming, so even if you're not a fan of the "two attractive young people sort of lost in a big city looking for love but just missing each other until the very end oh thank goodness" genre, you probably won't want your money back. what this movie lacks in originality, it makes up for twofold in sincerity, and believe it or not, the aforementioned (can we call it a -?) genre is not over done in Russian cinema.

The trailers give a very clear idea of what the film is going to be about. And so did the very first scenes of the film. It is about triggered love. Clear, yet I am still curious - in such issues as this, it is the process not the result that attracts us...... So, I just watched it. Indeed, the trailer reflected the style and story well.True, logical development of an attachment. What also it is about? Also it is about internal freedom. Being loyal to your own self. Meeting of these 2 people, or rather their being aware of each other existence triggers changes in their life-long decisions. She decides to cancel her marriage. He - to stay in the city. Why? They both are not sure yet but unquestionably feel much better about their choices. By the end of the film they finally find a way to meet each other...Even though the ideas of the film are not really new, the story presentation, people, scenery, white nights of St. Petersburg, great music choice - all come together and play off very well making this film a very fresh, freeing endeavour.