Roots
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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
18 people
Konstantin Khabensky
Edik
Known for
Night Watch
Wanted
Esther Gorintin
Esther
Also in
Since Otar Left
Wimbledon Stage
Daniil Spivakovskiy
Tsaussami
Known for
The Execution
Billion
Leonid Kanevsky
Baroukh
Known for
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
The Diamond Arm
Sergey Garmash
Yacha
Known for
Brigada
Attraction
Natalya Kolyakanova
Regina
Known for
Tycoon
Otto Tausig
Samuel
Known for
Place Vendôme
Miglen Mirtchev
Andrew
Known for
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Polina
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Marc-Yves
Known for
The Piano Tuner
The Beautiful Person
Marina Golub
Bella
Known for
Playing the Victim
Evgeniya Dmitrieva
Olga
Known for
The Vampires of Midland
A Dog Named Palma
Alexander Ilin
The mayor
Known for
The Coach
Furious
Pavel Lungin Director · Gennadiy Ostrovskiy Writer Michel Arbatz Composer
United States release February 11, 2006 · Produced in France, Russia · Production Canal+, Catherine Dussart Productions
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
Canal+
Production
Catherine Dussart Productions
Production
Karo Premiere
Production
ONIX FIlm
Production
France · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Бедные родственники
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 1, 2005
Premiere · Kinotavr Open Film Festival
Russia · October 5, 2005
Theatrical
United States · February 11, 2006
Premiere · Portland International Film Festival
Estonia
October 21, 2005 · Theatrical
France
January 23, 2006 · Theatrical
January 25, 2006 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
October 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Poland
December 1, 2019 · Premiere · Sputnik Russian Film Festival
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