A film on a hot topic for the mid-80s about the privileged at that time (because of the proximity to the “scarcity”, which was all somehow worthwhile) class of workers of Soviet trade and car service mechanics who joined them. From the translucent subtext about the desirability of social reconciliation to ordinary citizens, probably, it should have become clear that the “traders”, in general, are also people – despite the material well-being and foreign cars in private ownership, unprecedented at the time.
Pretty Dogileva with the role, in general, coped, but her silent brother turned out to be some caricature. Towards the end, starting with the episode of the wedding in the restaurant (a good moment of Mironov’s acquaintance with the “right people”), the film is watchable, but before that, the set-up and development of the heroes’ relations (not to mention the parallel “novel” Reginas and silences are somewhat inconclusive, and cause rather a rush. Perhaps because the film, which seemed too satirical, was emboldened by editorial editing. Mironov looks out of place – it seems that the choice of roles he had was small, despite all by that time “star”.