HELSINKI, 23 Mar. Nearly all tickets for the premiere of the Russian film «Cheburashka» in Narva were sold out, the press service of Estonia's largest cinema chain Apollo reported on Thursday.
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"On Wednesday at the premiere of "Cheburashka" in Narva, almost all tickets at the Apollo Kino Astri cinema were sold. There are also three more sessions scheduled on Saturday and four on Sunday. The film is in Russian with subtitles in Estonian.
«Cheburashka» is shown only in Narva, populated mainly by Russians.
In addition, the residents of the city noted the wonderful cast of the film, and especially the performance of Sergei Garmash.
“This is the perfect family movie,” many participants in the discussion of the film expressed this opinion.
«Cheburashka» is a film directed by Dmitry Dyachenko, in which the character Cheburashka, who has become a real animal, not a plush toy, arrives in a quiet seaside town to find a name, friends and a home. The main roles were played by Sergey Garmash, Elena Yakovleva, Olga Kuzmina, Fyodor Dobronravov, Polina Maksimova, Sergey Lavygin, Dmitry Lysenkov, Sofia Zaika.
The box office gross of the film exceeded 6.1 billion rubles, the film became the highest-grossing film in the history of Russian distribution.
Earlier it was reported that, according to the Delfi portal, any films that support the Kremlin's policy are excluded from the official Estonian distribution. However, children's and family films of Russian production, for example, «Cheburashka», remain a debatable moment.
According to Carlo Funk, Advisor for Audiovisual and Digital Affairs of the Ministry of Culture, the participation in the film of a number of actors who support Russia's actions in Ukraine is regrettable, but since the film does not carry explicit ideological messages, the Ministry of Culture sees no reason to limit Apollo's repertoire selection .
It was also recently reported that the film «Cheburashka» was released in online cinemas.