Joe Sokoloff, a sergeant with the Canadian police, travels to the remote country to carry out his beloved grandmother's last wishes, but all his plans fail almost immediately on arriving in his historic homeland when he is robbed while traveling on the train. Ready to embrace his traveling experience, he misses his train and finds himself in a small village region. Viewed by the villagers as 'an eccentric in a white Stetson', he finds himself settling into an unfamiliar world of very strange people. Here the people really do drown newly-born puppies, eat the fish they catch in the river and even smack their children. But it only takes a few days before Joe begins to understand the villagers and, after accepting them into his heart, he falls in love with Liza, a beautiful local girl.
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Cast
23 people
Masha Mashkova
Liza
Known for
McMafia
I.S.S.
Anton Pampushniy
Joe Sokoloff
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Vladyslav Riashyn
Also in
Bloodhound
Nikolay Boklan
Mitrokhin
Leonora Pashenko
Aleksey Lisovets
Niele Serezhnikova
Olya
No other roles listed
Lina Budnyk
Baba Lyuba
Also in
Posledniy yanychar
Love on Trial
Elena Zueva
Vadim Zhuk
Also in
Mournful Unconcern
The Parrot Speaking Yiddish
Oleksandr Danylchenko
Grandy Grisha
Also in
Once Upon a Time Near Poltava
Cargo 300
Larisa Zhuravskaya
Aleksey Lisovets Director
United States release January 1, 2017 · Produced in Ukraine · Original title Бедная Liz
Production
Star Media
Production
Ukraine
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Languages
Original title
Бедная Liz
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 27, 2013
United States · January 1, 2017
DVD premiere
Russia
September 27, 2013 · TV
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