Piter FM

Piter-FM is a film directed by Oksana Bychkova and it was made in 2006. The film concerns the characters Masha and Maksim. Masha is the host of a radio show, and Maksim is an architect who is planning on moving to Germany. The plot of the film revolves around the lives of the two, and that Maksim found Masha’s lost phone and is trying to return it to her. I found that I did not like Piter-FM, as the story was frustrating and the characters were not interesting. There are several scenes where Masha and Maksim are trying to meet in order for Maksim to give Masha her phone, but every time they attempt to meet each other, they miss each other. It was somewhat funny the first time it happened, but after they repeatedly pass each other on the streets of St. Petersburg I became annoyed. I thought the two passing each other repeatedly became bland and these scenes were too numerous throughout the film.

            The ending of the film is what I found to be the most frustrating aspect of Piter-FM. The film seemed to focus on the multiple attempts for Maksim to return the phone to Masha, but he ends up dropping it in a river. Maksim decides to call the radio station to try to get a message to Masha, but he then discovers that Masha is the host of the radio show he calls. This is when the film ends. I found this frustrating because I thought that the film would have some sort of conclusion. The film had many loose ends that still had to be addressed. Did Maksim decide to go to Germany? Did Maksim eventually meet Masha? The film stopped earlier than I thought it should have, and this was unsatisfying. Also, why was Masha still running the radio show? I thought she had been fired in the scene before she decides to call off the wedding?