Heat (2006 film)
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| Directed by | Rezo Gigineishvili |
| Written by | Rezo Gigineishvili |
| Produced by | Fyodor Bondarchuk Alexander Rodnyansky Dmitry Rudovsky |
| Starring | Aleksey Chadov Artur Smolyaninov Konstantin Kryukov Timur Yunusov Agnia Ditkovskite Olga Bolbukh Mikhail Porechenkov |
| Cinematography | Maksim Osadchy |
| Edited by | Igor Litoninsky |
| Music by | Dato Evgenidze |
| Distributed by | Art Pictures Studio Channel STS |
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Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | US$5,550,000 |
| Box office | US$15,710,000 (Russia) |
Heat (Russian: Жара, stylized as "ЖАRА") is a 2006 Russian teen romantic comedy loosely based on the Walking the Streets of Moscow, directed by Rezo Gigineishvili and produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk. The story centers on a group of friends and their misadventures in Moscow during a summer heat wave. Heat along with Wolfhound became one of the most expensive Russian films in 2006. Additionally, its budget was one third as compared to the advertising campaign.