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Roots

Oct 5, 2005 · 1h 43m
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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.

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CAST

Konstantin Khabenskiy
Edik
Esther Gorintin
Esther
Daniil Spivakovskiy
Tsaussami
Leonid Kanevsky
Baroukh
Sergey Garmash
Yacha
Natalya Kolyakanova
Regina
Otto Tausig
Samuel
Miglen Mirtchev
Andrew
Directed by Pavel Lungin

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Status
Released
Original language
RU
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Production
ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Catherine Dussart Productions, Karo Premiere, ONIX FIlm
Country
FR, RU
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