The Throw, or Everything Started on Saturday

The Throw, or Everything Started on Saturday
The Throw, or Everything Started on Saturday
Directed by	Serik Raibayev
Written by	Aleksandr Strakhov; Felix Franzusov
Starring	Yesbolgan Zhaisanbaev; Asanali Ashimov; Galina Shetenova;
Cinematography	Mikhail Aranyshev
Music by	Aleksandr Zatsepin
Production; company	Kazakhfilm
Release date	1976;
Running time	64 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Throw, or Everything Started on Saturday (Russian: Бросок, или Всё началось в субботу, romanized: Brosok, ili Vsyo nachanalos v subbotu) is a 1976 Soviet science fiction film directed by Serik Raibayev based on the story by Kir Bulychev The Ability to Throw Ball.^[1]^[2]

Plot edit

Architect Temirbek Sarsenbaev receives from a mysterious professor the gift of accurately throwing objects at a target, from a long distance and almost without aiming. Coach of the local basketball club "Arman" finds out about this, and invites him to try his hand at the game. And although Temirbek has no natural propensity for basketball, except for the ability to accurately throw the ball, his gift transforms the team which begins to count on Sarsenbaev.

The team, led by the new leader, is winning a series of high-profile victories, and Temirbek himself becomes a real star of basketball. He has fans and female admirers, which he could not even dream about earlier. But success and fame do not bring happiness to Sarsenbaev, he realizes that he could not become a real basketball player.

On the eve of the decisive match, he declares about leaving the club. "Arman" begins to lose without his leader, Temirbek still comes to the game to help the team. Going to the site and having achieved a break in the game, he asks the coach to replace him with a young player, who was always the backup. "Arman" wins, and Sarsenbaev finally leaves the sport after the match.