Roots
MovieTitle | Бедные родственники |
User score | 4.8 |
Release date | Oct 5, 2005 |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Director | Pavel Lungin |
Production country | France, Russia |
Production companies | ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Catherine Dussart Productions, Karo Premiere, ONIX FIlm |
Run time | 103 min. |
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.