Billy, charge up! "The Man from Capuchin Boulevard" is undoubtedly an extraordinary film. This is a movie with a capital letter, which takes exactly its unique atmosphere and memorable plot. The Soviet Western sends the viewer to enjoy a peculiar interpretation of the origin of cinema in the Wild West. And the entire film crew, and especially the brilliant acting of the actors, will allow you to plunge into the fascinating and sometimes touching world of the distant past on another continent. The film was one of the last film appearances of the talented actor Andrei Mironov. In the year of release — 1987 — the artist died. An incredible loss for the entire national cinema. I'm sure Mironov could have given us a dozen more memorable images. Perhaps because the role in this film was one of the last, I remember it so well. The actor created a unique image of Johnny Fest. A true gentleman, a missionary from cinema, a very polite and positive character from all sides, who is designed to introduce the masses to an amazing revolutionary phenomenon — cinema. The picture will show how interesting and with very funny adventures the hero will take up this event. There are many other actors of the first magnitude in the film, who also successfully merge into this picture: Oleg Tabakov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Mikhail Boyarsky, Alexandra Yakovleva, Igor Kvasha, Lev Durov and many others. Each of the artists, regardless of screen time, elegantly fits into the created world, creating that unique atmosphere that the viewer enjoys throughout the narrative. Black Jack, played by Boyarsky, stands in stark contrast to his familiar image of D'Artagnan. Excellent performance: a completely different charisma, piercing gaze and literally animal danger emanating from the hero. Karachentsov and his Billy are a magnificent demonstration of the transformation of a gangster into a polite... gangster. Bartender Harry is another opportunity for actor Tabakov to transform into an extraordinary personality and really get into the image. Kvasha was pleased with the beautifully crafted hero pastor, and Spartak Mishulin became a pleasant-looking Indian leader. Alexandra Yakovleva and her Diana Little have become the epitome of new assumptions in cinema. The actress presented an unforgettable image of a sexually liberated heroine. Watching her, I constantly wondered how such a thing was allowed on the screens in those days. But it was a great image. The film was released in 1987. The time of Perestroika, new trends, new hopes, new opportunities in the cinema. On the screen, you can see something unusual that inspires a certain freedom. Experiments and unexpected solutions are acceptable, which the viewer will definitely notice. At the same time, capitalist values are ridiculed quite interestingly in the picture, as if reminding us that we still watch Soviet cinema. There are also a lot of other cliches from that time and place, which, in my opinion, are perfectly ridiculed. The authors do a good job of openly laughing at Western westerns, successfully playing off what could really be seen in those paintings. Here you have constant quarrels, fights, and shooting. There seems to be nowhere without it. However, the creators joke funny enough for the domestic audience, you definitely get pleasure. The picture is full of various fights, songs, shooting, dancing, explosions, sparkling humor. In this picture, all this is successfully woven into an interesting plot. It feels like the creators really wanted to surprise the audience and make the film memorable for a long time. What to say. They did it well. And some quotes are still used in our society. "The Man from Capuchin Boulevard" is a landmark movie, an epoch—making picture that will surely please the audience today. This is an unshakable classic, a symbol of the era, of the time when it began to seem that since one could see such freedom of thought and performance in Russian cinema, then all this would soon be in society. And even though what was happening in reality was happening, this film was an obvious victory of its time. An extraordinary picture, amazing acting, a gorgeous story that sometimes you want to review again. 9 out of 10