ELECTION DAY (DVD PAL)

2007, 122 min, Russia. Language: Russian. Directed by Oleg Fomin. Starring: Mikhail Efremov, Dmitry Pevtsov and Evgeny Stychkin.Powerful oligarch Emmanuel Gedeonovich asks the head of a popular radio station to endorse his candidate for regional elections, a masseur with a criminal record named Igor Tsaplin. The oligarch's goal is to take away the votes of his competitors and influence the election of the new governor. In exchange for the head of the radio station's help, the oligarch promises to use his influence to get him the best DJs and musical acts. In the end, the oligarch's candidate wins by a landslide, but not in the radio station manager's region...