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Roots
Roots
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Roots

Original Title: Бедные родственники

2005
1h 43m
Comedy
Drama

Status

Released

Release

2005

Runtime

1h 43m

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Storyline

Shameless slimeball Eduard "Edik" Letov - clad in an everpresent Hawaiian shirt - puts the sting on alien travelers hoping to connect with their roots, by having local phonies pose as the visitors' long-lost relatives. Complications abound when Letov attempts to pass off an entire village under the guise of a community wiped out during the Second World War. The arrival of a group of trouble-causing misfits, among them mobster Barukh - who wishes to bury his mother's remains, only to discover that someone keeps exhuming them - and the lech Simon - a Canadian with an insatiable fetish for his sexy translator - turn Letov's latest scheme into a veritable cat's cradle.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Oct 5, 2005
Languages
Russian
Director
Pavel Lungin
Pavel Lungin
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
ARTE France Cinéma
Canal+
Canal+
Catherine Dussart Productions
Catherine Dussart Productions
Karo Premiere
Karo Premiere
ONIX FIlm
ONIX FIlm
Production Countries
France
Russia

Top Cast

18 Cast Members

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Edik

Esther Gorintin

Esther Gorintin

Esther

Daniil Spivakovskiy

Daniil Spivakovskiy

Tsaussami

Leonid Kanevsky

Leonid Kanevsky

Baroukh

Sergey Garmash

Sergey Garmash

Yacha

Natalya Kolyakanova

Natalya Kolyakanova

Regina

Otto Tausig

Samuel

Miglen Mirtchev

Miglen Mirtchev

Andrew

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Marc-Yves

Marina Golub

Marina Golub

Bella

Evgeniya Dmitrieva

Evgeniya Dmitrieva

Olga

Aleksandr Ilin

Aleksandr Ilin

The mayor

Vladimir Salnikov

Vladimir Salnikov

Kovchikov

Petr Soldatov

Grandpa Gritsyne

Elena Galibina

Elena Galibina

Aliona's mother

Marianna Shults

Marianna Shults

Mikhail Parygin

Mikhail Parygin

Miroslav

Konstantin Vorobyov

Konstantin Vorobyov

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