Mimino

Mimino (Russian: Мимино, Georgian: მიმინო) is a 1977 comedy film by Georgian director Georgi Daneliya produced by Mosfilm and Gruziya-film, starring Vakhtang Kikabidze and Frunzik Mkrtchyan. The Soviet era comedy won the 1977 Golden Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival. It is also highly rated by users of the Internet Movie Database, with nearly 94% of 357 users giving it an 8 or better as of July 2006. Georgian bush pilot Mimino (Vakh... more

Mimino (Russian: Мимино, Georgian: მიმინო) is a 1977 comedy film by Georgian director Georgi Daneliya produced by Mosfilm and Gruziya-film, starring Vakhtang Kikabidze and Frunzik Mkrtchyan. The Soviet era comedy won the 1977 Golden Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival. It is also highly rated by users of the Internet Movie Database, with nearly 94% of 357 users giving it an 8 or better as of July 2006. Georgian bush pilot Mimino (Vakhtang Kikabidze) works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircraft, so he decides to go to Moscow to follow his dream. There in a hotel he meets Armenian truck driver Roobik Khachikyan (Frunzik Mkrtchyan) who is given a place in that hotel by mistake instead of another Khachikyan (Professor), and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a... less