Messenger Boy

About Messenger Boy

Ivan Mirosnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper.

Karen Shakhnazarov's Messenger Boy is a 1986 comedy romance film. Fyodor Dunayevsky stars as Ivan, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva as Katya, Oleg Basilashvili as Katya's father, and Inna Churikova as Ivan's mother.

At 88 minutes long, it arrived in June 1986. Written by Aleksandr Borodyanskiy.

Shelv files it under audacious, complex, introspective, and playful. It scores 7.4 out of 10 from 152 TMDB voters.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, The Fall, and Crazy Heart make useful companions to Messenger Boy.