Petersburg, Ufa, Bavly, Moscow) who are willing to pass the message along. The movie then develops into a series of interconnecting vignettes that tell the stories of various teenagers and not-yet middle-aged adults from major Russian cities (Kazan, Perm, Krasnoiarsk, Ekaterinburg, Iakutsk, Novosibirsk, St. According to Vova, all people are separated by at most six acquaintances, and thus it is possible (although it will take a miracle) to reach the president in time. His plan: to put the six degrees of separation into action. Her prepubescent, would-be boyfriend Vova decides to come to her rescue. As proof, her fellow orphans demand that the president, in his New Year’s address, say the code words: “Father Frost helps those who help themselves” ( Na Deda Moroza nadeisia, a sam ne ploshai!). Six Degrees of Celebration tells the story of a young girl Varia in a Kaliningrad/Königsberg orphanage who, on New Year’s Eve, claims that her father is the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitrii Medvedev. Bekmambetov’s choice in one of the episodes of pop-star Vera Brezhneva is a direct result of this competition. A nationwide competition launched a year before the film’s release challenged viewers to come up with the best vignette for a movie to be called The New Year Makes its Way Around the Country ( Novyi god shagaet po strane).

This New Year’s comedy aims at pleasing young consumers who have grown up in the Russian Federation: it is stuffed with bright lights, young celebrities, and a series of rapid interconnecting episodes reminiscent of music videos. Prodolzhenie, 2007), it does not rely on Soviet nostalgia to boost sales. Unlike many of producer and director Timur Bekmambetov’s previous blockbusters, such as Night Watch ( Nochnoi dozor, 2004), Day Watch ( Dnevnoi dozor, 2006), Black Lightning ( Chernaia molniia, 2009)and Wanted (2008), this film is not targeted for a global market, but for an exclusively domestic one (if the former Soviet republics are included). Grossing over $22 million and premiering on 16 December 2010, Six Degrees of Celebration is a film made for Russian citizens in time for the major Russian holiday, New Year. The Russian Federation has another blockbuster all its own.

Timur Bekmambetov: Six Degrees of Celebration ( Elki, 2010)

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