Based on the novel by Booker Prize Winner Ludmila Ulitskaya, The Funeral Party is set in August 1991. In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian émigrés gathers round the deathbed of an artist named Alik, a charismatic character beloved by them all, especially the women who take turns nursing him as he fades from this world. Their reminiscences of the dying man and of their lives in Russia are punctuated by debates and squabbles: Whom did Alik love most? Should he be baptized before he dies, as his alcoholic wife, Nina, desperately wishes, or be reconciled to the faith of his birth by a rabbi who happens to be on hand? And what will be the meaning for them of the Yeltsin putsch, which is happening across the world in their long-lost Moscow but also right before their eyes on CNN?
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Aleksandr Abdulov
Alik
Known for
The Master and Margarita
To Kill a Dragon
Elena Rufanova
Irina Pearson
Known for
Moloch
Russian Ark
Anna Dvorzhetskaya
Tishort
Also in
Militia Romance
Даша Васильева. Любительница частного сыска
Anna Aleksakhina
Nina
Also in
Russian Ark
Father and Son
Vladimir Kachan
Fima Gruber
Also in
The Saboteur
Pif-paf, oy-oy-oy!
Vladimir Eryomin
Libin
Also in
Nine Unknowns
The Criminal Quartet
Liya Akhedzhakova
Marya Ignatyevna
Known for
The Garage
Office Romance
Boris Klyuev
Lyova Gotlib
Known for
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Aleksey Kolgan
Father Viktor
Known for
Ku! Kin-dza-dza
Irina Loseva
Faina
Also in
Kremlin cadets
Моя любимая ведьма
Claudia Boczar
Dzhoyka
Also in
Stray
Graffiti
Yan Tsapnik
Rabbi Menashe
Known for
Brigada
Trigger
Vladimir Fokin Director · Grigori Ryazhsky Writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya Writer
First release December 14, 2006 · Produced in Russia · Languages English, French, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian
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Fora Film
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Russia
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Original title
Ниоткуда с любовью, или весёлые похороны
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
English · French · Italian · Russian · Ukrainian
Release dates
Russia · December 14, 2006
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No release date listed for United States.
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