The devil has entangled: the secular premiere of the comedy "Neurobatya" took place in Moscow

Homage to the Bride from "Kill Bill", transmigration of souls into robots via Bluetooth and the eternal theme of fathers and children: the comedy "Neurobatya" starring Denis Vlasenko, Nastasia Samburskaya and Valentina Lyapina is being widely released next weekend. A few days before the release, on Monday, July 14, a secular premiere of the film took place at Cinema Park Mosfilm. The film was presented by the main actors, director Vitaly Dudka and the rooster robot. Izvestia — about how the private screening went and why "Neurobat" turned out to be a pleasant summer film.

"I'm going to tell everyone that I jumped off a bridge myself."

"Neurobatya" is the second joint project of director Vitaly Dudka and actor Denis Vlasenko. They first met on the site of the Yura Dvornik. There, the actor played the photographer Roma, who turns a simple utility worker into a glossy star. Now he is a naive and talented programmer Grisha. The guy creates a unique neural network capable of transferring human consciousness into "smart" devices. With the development, he dreams of taking part in the robot battle championship. He also has an aggressive robot ear for this. His management and maintenance on the set was handled by a team of five people. There was no less attention at the secular premiere of the film at the Cinema Park Mosfilm — in anticipation of the stars of Neurobati, the photographers turned their cameras on the android bird.

— Unlike me, the robopetuh had understudies. For example, there was one who doesn't speak, but can turn his neck well. The other was opening his beak superbly. They were changing, and they had a more harmonious schedule than the actors. I think he weighs about ten kilograms. I had to run, jump, and chat with him from take to take. There's a scene where we fall off a bridge. I said on set that I would tell everyone that I jumped off a bridge myself, but by the way, an understudy did it. (Laughs.) But honestly! — Denis Vlasenko told Izvestia on the red carpet of the premiere show in Moscow.

A frame from the movie "Neurobatya"

Photo: Dudka Films

According to the plot, his character eventually has to test the development not during the tournament, but on his own father, a criminal boss nicknamed the Imp, when he falls into a coma after an unsuccessful escape from prison. Thanks to his son's machinations, the Demon gets into a smartwatch and a speaker, a robot vacuum cleaner, and a radio station, from where he performs thug songs. Even the pink toy rabbit and the rooster become obsessed with him. The police don't believe the guy's story about the creature's relocation, and he has to go on the run — he and the neurobiologist become the target of an obviously not positive blonde in the image of Uma Thurman from Kill Bill, who has her own scores with a fugitive convict.

A frame from the movie "Neurobatya"

Photo: Dudka Films

A modern neuro-tale

The Tarantino heroine performed by Nastasia Samburskaya is not the only attempt by the authors to flirt with the audience. There are many references in the new film. For example, to memes like the old "Yes I love you!". There is a poster of The Shawshank Redemption hanging in the Imp's prison cell. The village where part of the plot develops is consonant with the director's last name. And in the garage of the main character there is a photo of a character from his "Yura janitor".

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— This is a modern fairy tale. A neuro-fairy tale, if you can say so. That's why we have so many homages to famous works. First of all, it's aimed at a teenage audience, because we have a lot of absurdist humor. Adults will also find something to laugh about, something to think about. And what concerns everyone is the topic of relationships with parents," director Vitaly Dudka told Izvestia before the screening.

The theme of fathers and children is reflected not only in the line of the main characters. The famous Russian gadget columnist Wylsacom appears on the screen. In the film, his character also reviews the equipment in the family store and tries to find a common language with his dad.

Another surprise in the cast is that Olympic figure skating medalist Alexandra Trusova and Russian Championship medalist Makar Ignatov starred in one of the episodes.

A frame from the movie "Neurobatya"

Photo: Dudka Films

"I didn't hear anything at all, and I was using gestures on the playground."

One of the last — a few minutes before the start of the show — the performer of the main female role, Valentina Lyapina, appeared on the red carpet. She chose an image consonant with her heroine Pelagia, who lives in the village of the Old Believers, and put on an openwork scarf, a dress with a corset, and took a metal bucket of popcorn with her.

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— To understand how my heroine perceives this world, she doesn't hear at all in the story, I wore earplugs for a day and a half, and then I wore noise—canceling headphones. I didn't hear anything at all. I used gestures on the playground. It changed me. Thank God that I can hear this world! He's so beautiful, and I don't want to lose it," Valentina Lyapina told Izvestia.

Photo: IZVESTIA/Sergey Lantyukhov

Actors Anastasia Krasovskaya, Sasha Novikov, Sergey Romanovich, and Karen Arutyunov came to support their colleagues at the secular premiere. The film will be released on big screens on July 17.