Roots (2005)
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.
Released: Oct 05, 2005
Runtime: 103 minutes
Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Esther Gorintin, Daniil Spivakovskiy, Leonid Kanevsky, Sergey Garmash, Natalya Kolyakanova
Crew: Pavel Lungin (Director), Mikhail Krichman (Director of Photography), Olga Vasilyeva (Producer), Gennadiy Ostrovskiy (Writer), Anna Bartuli (Costume Assistant), Sophie Brunet (Editor)