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The Admirer

The Admirer

19994.01h 33m

Overview

Parents of thirteen years old Lena just got divorced. Lena wants to prove that they live nicely even with her mother alone and that she is independent. The girl goes to work at post office utilizing there her resourcefulness and charm. At work everyone talks about a serial killer who keeps the entire region in terror. One night a stranger defends Lena from some hooligans and as Lena thinks, he continues assisting her incognito. The girl is ready to believe and convince others that her protector is that horrible maniac. At first, these relationships with her odd admirer seem as a gamble for Lena, but then she gets convinced that this game became deadly dangerous...

Directed by Nikolay Lebedev
Written by Nikolay Lebedev, Olga Nagdaseva
Produced by Valery Todorovsky, Igor Tolstunov, Evgeniy Golynskiy
Box Office0Revenue: $5K

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Top Cast

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Marina Cherepukhina

Lena

Elena Safonova

Elena Safonova

Aleksandra Mikhaylovna

Sergey Garmash

Sergey Garmash

Oleg Viktorovich

Nina Usatova

Nina Usatova

Irina Sergeevna

Boris Shcherbakov

Boris Shcherbakov

investigator

Anton Kolesnikov

Anton Kolesnikov

Tolik

Svetlana Toma

Svetlana Toma

Margarita Borisovna

Mikhail Krylov

Mikhail Krylov

Seryozhenka

S

Sasha Gladkova

Ira

Mariya Poroshina

Mariya Poroshina

Marina

About The Admirer

The Admirer is a drama, thriller, mystery film released in 1999. Directed by Nikolay Lebedev, it stars Marina Cherepukhina, Elena Safonova, Sergey Garmash. Parents of thirteen years old Lena just got divorced. Lena wants to prove that they live nicely even with her mother alone and that she is independent. The girl goes to work at post office utilizing there her resourcefulness and charm. At work everyone talks about a serial killer who keeps the entire region in terror. One night a stranger defends Lena from some hooligans and as Lena thinks, he continues assisting her incognito. The girl is ready to believe and convince others that her protector is that horrible maniac. At first, these relationships with her odd admirer seem as a gamble for Lena, but then she gets convinced that this game became deadly dangerous...

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