Director · 2011 · Short · City Stories · 9m · Russian

I've Ordered You Some Coffee

Name: I've Ordered You Some Coffee
Director: Oleksandr (Sasha) Poberailo
Genre: Short, Drama, City Stories, Music, Ukrainian cinema
Released: 2011
Duration: 9 min
Cast: Kostya Chernysh, Sasha Gubsky

Я заказал тебе кофе

Logline

A famous musician meets a bouncer who also tries to play rock — can you make a living from music?

Synopsis

I've Ordered You Some Coffee (Я заказал тебе кофе) is a City Stories / Dirty Russian universe short: a known musician about to play a bar that evening meets the bouncer who also wants to be a musician. Their talk turns on one question — can you earn a living from music? — and on the gap between how lives are presented and how they actually are. The famous player may live off non-musical work while sounding successful; the bouncer dreams of fame while working the door. Shot in bar Zeppelin, Kharkiv (release notes: autumn cycle; Vimeo full cut upload 2011-12-10, id 33440177, 9:23). Sound: Valery Beskorsy. Cast: Kostya Chernysh (Kostet — same face later expanded in Dirty Russian and cameos in It Seems…), Sasha Gubsky, Yuri Verchenko, Yevgeny Timchenko, Oleg Borotyuk. Visuals: brick club interiors, white tank vs leather jacket across a table of mugs and ashtray, rock posters, bar counter. Vimeo title EN: “I've ordered you some coffee”; tagline on card: “How to make money with music to life.” Catalogue runtime 9 min. Linked narratively to It Seems… and Dirty Russian. IMDb not required for catalogue; primary watch is Vimeo embed.

Синопсис (UA)

Новела циклу «Міські історії» / всесвіт «Грязного російського». Відомий музикант знайомиться в барі, де має грати ввечері, з вишибалою, який теж намагається займатися музикою. Розмова про те, чи можна заробити музикою на життя, і про розрив між образом і реальністю. Зйомки — бар «Zeppelin», Харків. У ролях: Костя Черниш (Костет), Саша Губський, Юрій Верченко, Євген Тимченко, Олег Боротюк; звук — Валерій Бескорсий. Повна версія: Vimeo 33440177 (~9:23) → runtime 9 хв.

Facts

Year: 2011
Runtime: 9m (9 min)
Format: Short · City Stories
Genres: ShortDramaCity StoriesMusicUkrainian cinemaIndependent
Language: Russian
Location: Kharkiv; Ukraine
Director: Sasha Poberailo

Versions · 1

One title, 1 circulating cuts — not separate films. Cite the cut when discussing runtime or completeness.

Vimeo full cut
Повна версія Vimeo
Catalogue primary
9m · 2011 · Vimeo · available
Author upload “I've ordered you some coffee” (~9:23). Primary for catalogue runtime and site Watch embed.
Завантаження автора на Vimeo (~9:23). Основна для runtime і кнопки «дивитись».
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Production

PRIMARY: https://vimeo.com/33440177 (same as manage/videos/33440177). Duration 9:23, 1280×720, upload 2011-12-10. Poster public/films/ive-ordered-you-some-coffee.jpg is 1000×1500 (2:3) two-shot so site cards do not crop faces. Stills in public/stills/ive-ordered-you-some-coffee/. Idea noted as overheard street talk about appearance vs reality. Same universe as It Seems… and Dirty Russian (Kostet).

Themes

Can music pay the rent?
The whole short turns on whether rock is a living or a story people tell about themselves.
Image vs livelihood
Famous player may hide non-musical work; bouncer hides musical ambition behind the door job — mutual performance of status.
Kostet origin (City Stories)
Kostet appears as bouncer/rock dreamer before Dirty Russian expands him into a lead series character.
Bar as confessional
Zeppelin brick, posters, table mugs — public nightlife as the only room where the question can be asked.

Characters

KostetLead (bouncer / musician)
Kostya Chernysh
Works the door, wants to play rock, talks money vs music. Later the same character returns in Dirty Russian as the homecoming lead.
The visiting musicianLead
Sasha Gubsky
Booked to play the bar that night; projects success while the talk tests what success actually costs.
Bar ensembleSupporting
Yuri Verchenko, Yevgeny Timchenko, Oleg Borotyuk — faces of the club night around the two-hander.

Scene map

Club entrance / brick hall
Door space, posters, smoking — bouncer territory before the table talk.
Table across the mugs
Two-shot: tank top vs leather jacket, ashtray and cups — the short’s core image and poster key.
Bar counter
Profile of the bouncer against bottles and menu glow — work identity in profile.
Musician close-up
Leather, stripe, smoke — the visiting player’s face as the other half of the argument.

Watch

Full feature · Open link · catalogue 9m

Credits

Director: Sasha Poberailo
Writer: Sasha Poberailo
Producer: Sasha Poberailo
Cinematography: Sasha Poberailo
Editor: Sasha Poberailo
Sound: Valery Beskorsy
Cast: Kostya Chernysh
Cast: Sasha Gubsky
Cast: Yuri Verchenko
Cast: Yevgeny Timchenko
Cast: Oleg Borotyuk