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Roots

Roots (2005)

Directed by Pavel Lungin
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1h 43min

Overall average

5.0/10

Plot

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.

Genres

ComedyDrama

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleБедные родственники
Original languagePусский (RU)
Spoken languagesPусский
Production countriesFrance, Russia
StatusReleased
Production companiesARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Catherine Dussart Productions, Karo Premiere, ONIX FIlm
Release date5 ottobre 2005
ProductionOlga Vasilyeva, Pavel Lungin
WriterGennadiy Ostrovskiy
CastingTatyana Maksakova, Juliette Denis, Gérard Moulévrier
EditingSophie Brunet
CinematographyMikhail Krichman, Eugeny Mayorov
Assistant directorsPavel Lungin
Camera operatorsMikhail Krichman, Eugeny Mayorov
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Release dates

Premiere

Russia / May 01, 2005 / Kinotavr Open Film Festival

United States / Feb 11, 2006 / Portland International Film Festival

Poland / Dec 01, 2019 / Sputnik Russian Film Festival

Theatrical release

Russia / Oct 05, 2005 / 16+

Kazakhstan / Oct 06, 2005

Estonia / Oct 21, 2005

France / Jan 23, 2006

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